NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB vs NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB 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 A3000 Mobile 12GB

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 855 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 184.3 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 23% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3328
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13847 vs 13675
Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 80996 vs 72928

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 23 Nov 2021
Core clock speed	855 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	184.3 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4096 vs 3328
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13847 vs 13675
Geekbench - OpenCL	80996 vs 72928

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1109 vs 596

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1109 vs 596

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

596

1109

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13847

13675

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

80996

72928

Name	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	596	1109
PassMark - G3D Mark	13847	13675
Geekbench - OpenCL	80996	72928
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 A3000 Mobile 12GB	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA104	GA106
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	23 Nov 2021
Place in performance rating	114	111
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	855 MHz	562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	184.3 GFLOPS (1:64)	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS (1:1)	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS	7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4096	3328
Pixel fill rate	92.16 GPixel/s	57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	184.3 GTexel/s	124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Form factor		Dual-slot
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	12 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6