NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB videocard review

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

RTX A2000 12 GB videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 23 Nov 2021. The videocard is based on Ampere microarchitecture codenamed GA106.

Core clock speed - 562 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1200 MHz. Texture fill rate - 124.8 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 3328. Manufacturing process technology - 8 nm. Transistors count - 12000 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 70 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR6. Maximum RAM amount - 12 GB. Memory bus width - 192 bit. Memory clock speed - 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective. Memory bandwidth - 288.0 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
1111
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
13683
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
72813
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
5815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
207.704 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
3385.355 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
22.913 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
240.964 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
1030.098 mHash/s
Name Value
PassMark - G2D Mark 1111
PassMark - G3D Mark 13683
Geekbench - OpenCL 72813
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 207.704 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 3385.355 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 22.913 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 240.964 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 1030.098 mHash/s

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Ampere
Code name GA106
Launch date 23 Nov 2021
Place in performance rating 133

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3328
Pixel fill rate 57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 167 mm, 6.6 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None
Width 69 mm, 2.7 inches

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6