NVIDIA RTX A2000 Max-Q vs NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 Max-Q and NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 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).

NVIDIA RTX A2000 Max-Q

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 Max-Q

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 682 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1207 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Core clock speed	682 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1207 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 96.56 GTexel/s
Around 30% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 2560
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 95 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective

Launch date	23 Nov 2021 vs 12 Apr 2021
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s vs 96.56 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3328 vs 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 95 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000 Max-Q	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark		1107
PassMark - G3D Mark		13689
Geekbench - OpenCL		72752
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 Max-Q	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA106
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	23 Nov 2021
Place in performance rating	not rated	131
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1207 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	682 MHz	562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	96.56 GFLOPS (1:64)	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	6.180 TFLOPS (1:1)	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	6.180 TFLOPS	7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	3328
Pixel fill rate	57.94 GPixel/s	57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	96.56 GTexel/s	124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		167 mm, 6.6 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		250 Watt
Width		69 mm, 2.7 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	4 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	176.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6