NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vs NVIDIA RTX A5000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and NVIDIA RTX A5000 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

NVIDIA RTX A5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 1170 MHz
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 184 Watt vs 230 Watt

Launch date	7 Dec 2021 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	1470 MHz vs 1170 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt vs 230 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5000

Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 433.9 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
3.8x more pipelines: 8192 vs 2176
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1033 vs 837
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22855 vs 15937

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate	433.9 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	8192 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1033 vs 837
PassMark - G3D Mark	22855 vs 15937

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A5000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

837

1033

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15937

22855

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	NVIDIA RTX A5000
PassMark - G2D Mark	837	1033
PassMark - G3D Mark	15937	22855
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8017
Geekbench - OpenCL		154490
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		581.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6836.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		54.372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		191.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2038.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	NVIDIA RTX A5000
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Code name	TU106	GA102
Launch date	7 Dec 2021	12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating	72	71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	1170 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)	867.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)	27.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.181 TFLOPS	27.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2176	8192
Pixel fill rate	79.20 GPixel/s	162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	224.4 GTexel/s	433.9 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt	230 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	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-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	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
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	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	768 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6