NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB vs AMD FireStream 9370

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB and AMD FireStream 9370 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

AMD FireStream 9370

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 5 month(s) later
1890.9x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
2.1x more pipelines: 3328 vs 1600
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 40 nm
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 225 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1111 vs 763
5.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13683 vs 2528

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 Nov 2021 vs 23 June 2010
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3328 vs 1600
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1111 vs 763
PassMark - G3D Mark	13683 vs 2528

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9370

Around 47% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 562 MHz
3.1x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 562 MHz
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9370

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1111

763

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13683

2528

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB	AMD FireStream 9370
PassMark - G2D Mark	1111	763
PassMark - G3D Mark	13683	2528
Geekbench - OpenCL	72813
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	207.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3385.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	22.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	240.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1030.098

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB	AMD FireStream 9370
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	TeraScale 2
Code name	GA106	Cypress
Launch date	23 Nov 2021	23 June 2010
Place in performance rating	133	135
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	40 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	1600
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	66.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	2,154 million
Floating-point performance		2,640.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	167 mm, 6.6 inches	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	69 mm, 2.7 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	4600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5