NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vs NVIDIA A10G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and NVIDIA A10G 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 841 vs 578
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Dec 2021 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed 1470 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 841 vs 578

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10G

  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1650 MHz
  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 492.5 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
  • 4.2x more pipelines: 9216 vs 2176
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 184 Watt
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18773 vs 15914
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1710 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate 492.5 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines 9216 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 184 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 18773 vs 15914

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA A10G

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
841
578
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15914
18773
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA A10G
PassMark - G2D Mark 841 578
PassMark - G3D Mark 15914 18773
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8026
Geekbench - OpenCL 163430

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA A10G

Essentials

Architecture Turing Ampere
Code name TU106 GA102
Launch date 7 Dec 2021 12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating 52 55

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1650 MHz 1710 MHz
Core clock speed 1470 MHz 1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 224.4 GFLOPS (1:32) 985.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 14.36 TFLOPS (2:1) 31.52 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.181 TFLOPS 31.52 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2176 9216
Pixel fill rate 79.20 GPixel/s 164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 224.4 GTexel/s 492.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 184 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 10800 million 28300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Single-slot
Height 35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 229 mm, 9 inches 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 8-pin EPS
Width 113 mm, 4.4 inches 112 mm (4.4 inches)

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.2
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 336.0 GB/s 600.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 384 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6