NVIDIA A30 vs NVIDIA RTX A2000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 and NVIDIA RTX A2000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA A30

NVIDIA RTX A2000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Around 65% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1200 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 322.6 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 8% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 3328
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 6 GB
Around 76% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 128841 vs 73255

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3584 vs 3328
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	128841 vs 73255

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 12 Apr 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A30
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A2000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

128841

73255

Name	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA RTX A2000
Geekbench - OpenCL	128841	73255
PassMark - G2D Mark		989
PassMark - G3D Mark		13766
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5953

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA RTX A2000
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA106
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	10 Aug 2021
Place in performance rating	100	96
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS	7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	3328
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s	57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s	124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	13250 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	167 mm (6.6 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	69 mm (2.7 inches)
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12.2
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	933.1 GB/s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	3072 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6