NVIDIA RTX A2000 videocard review

RTX A2000 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 10 Aug 2021. At the time of release, the videocard cost $449. 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 - 13250 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 70 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR6. Maximum RAM amount - 6 GB. Memory bus width - 128 bit. Memory clock speed - 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective). Memory bandwidth - 288 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

982

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38529

13695

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345391

73276

3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

36466

5984

Name	Value
PassMark - G2D Mark	982
PassMark - G3D Mark	13695
Geekbench - OpenCL	73276
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5984

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Ampere
Code name	GA106
Launch date	10 Aug 2021
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	96
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	13250 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort
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	12.2
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6