NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB vs NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB and NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
5.7x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)

Launch date	23 Nov 2021 vs 14 May 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 400 Watt
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Around 95% higher core clock speed: 1095 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1200 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
2.1x more pipelines: 6912 vs 3328
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
3.3x more maximum memory size: 40 GB vs 12 GB
2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 200738 vs 72896

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1095 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6912 vs 3328
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	40 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	200738 vs 72896

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

72896

200738

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1110
PassMark - G3D Mark	13725
Geekbench - OpenCL	72896	200738
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		27823
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		27823
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		51880
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		51880

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA100
Launch date	23 Nov 2021	14 May 2020
Place in performance rating	114	7
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1410 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1095 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	19.49 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	6912
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	225.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	609.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	400 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	54200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	167 mm, 6.6 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	800 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	69 mm, 2.7 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	40 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	1555 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	5120 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2e
High bandwidth memory (HBM)