NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 - 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 440.4x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 283.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 30% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 2560
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • 150x more memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 10 GB/s
  • Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 72849 vs 55413
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 207.704 vs 150.103
  • Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3385.355 vs 2036.763
  • Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 22.913 vs 14.035
  • 8.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 240.964 vs 27.417
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1030.098 vs 819.934
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 Nov 2021 vs 15 August 2016
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel/s vs 283.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3328 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 180 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 10 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 72849 vs 55413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 207.704 vs 150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3385.355 vs 2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.913 vs 14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 240.964 vs 27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1030.098 vs 819.934

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

  • 2.9x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 562 MHz
  • Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 1771 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 24% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7241 vs 5817
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1607 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed 1771 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7241 vs 5817

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
72849
55413
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
5817
7241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
207.704
150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3385.355
2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.913
14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
240.964
27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1030.098
819.934
Name NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)
PassMark - G2D Mark 1118
PassMark - G3D Mark 13735
Geekbench - OpenCL 72849 55413
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5817 7241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 207.704 150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3385.355 2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.913 14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 240.964 27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1030.098 819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4646
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4195
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4646
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4195

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Pascal
Code name GA106 GP104
Launch date 23 Nov 2021 15 August 2016
Place in performance rating 132 286
Launch price (MSRP) $499.99
Price now $439.99
Type Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 43.70

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 1771 MHz
Core clock speed 562 MHz 1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 16 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 2560
Pixel fill rate 57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel/s 283.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt 180 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million 7,200 million
CUDA cores 2560
Floating-point performance 9,068 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 167 mm, 6.6 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None
Width 69 mm, 2.7 inches
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 320 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 10 GB/s
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready