NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB 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.

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Around 44% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 2304
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 90 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1129 vs 940
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13718 vs 12842
Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 73042 vs 50117

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3328 vs 2304
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 90 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1129 vs 940
PassMark - G3D Mark	13718 vs 12842
Geekbench - OpenCL	73042 vs 50117

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Launch date	2022 vs 23 Nov 2021
Core clock speed	1545 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1129

940

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13718

12842

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73042

50117

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1129	940
PassMark - G3D Mark	13718	12842
Geekbench - OpenCL	73042	50117
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5852

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA107
Launch date	23 Nov 2021	2022
Place in performance rating	81	79
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	8.018 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	2304
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	125.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	90 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	167 mm, 6.6 inches	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Width	69 mm, 2.7 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6