NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Around 30% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 2560
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1110 vs 918
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13725 vs 12598

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3328 vs 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1110 vs 918
PassMark - G3D Mark	13725 vs 12598

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 142.2 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 23 Nov 2021
Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	142.2 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 8GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1110

918

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13725

12598

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1110	918
PassMark - G3D Mark	13725	12598
Geekbench - OpenCL	72896
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	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA106
Launch date	23 Nov 2021	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	114	52
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	9.098 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	2560
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	142.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-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	8 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