NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super 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 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 3072
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1108 vs 920
  • 2907.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5815 vs 2
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 240.964 vs 190.349
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 Nov 2021 vs 23 July 2019
Pipelines 3328 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1108 vs 920
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5815 vs 2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 240.964 vs 190.349

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

  • 2.9x more core clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 562 MHz
  • Around 51% higher boost clock speed: 1815 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19538 vs 13714
  • Around 59% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 115519 vs 72802
  • Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 338.122 vs 207.704
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4571.03 vs 3385.355
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 31.6 vs 22.913
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1653.08 vs 1030.098
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1650 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed 1815 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19538 vs 13714
Geekbench - OpenCL 115519 vs 72802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 338.122 vs 207.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4571.03 vs 3385.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 31.6 vs 22.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1653.08 vs 1030.098

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1108
920
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13714
19538
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
72802
115519
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
5815
2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
207.704
338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3385.355
4571.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.913
31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
240.964
190.349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1030.098
1653.08
Name NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
PassMark - G2D Mark 1108 920
PassMark - G3D Mark 13714 19538
Geekbench - OpenCL 72802 115519
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5815 2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 207.704 338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3385.355 4571.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.913 31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 240.964 190.349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1030.098 1653.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA106 TU104
Launch date 23 Nov 2021 23 July 2019
Place in performance rating 111 108
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 1815 MHz
Core clock speed 562 MHz 1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 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 3072
Pixel fill rate 57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million
CUDA cores 3072
Maximum GPU temperature 89 C
Render output units 64

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
Display Port 1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 167 mm, 6.6 inches 10.5” (266.74mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 250 Watt 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 6 pin + 8 pin
Width 69 mm, 2.7 inches 2-Slot
Height 4.556” (115.7mm)

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.1
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.7 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 496 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready