NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB vs NVIDIA RTX A2000 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB and NVIDIA RTX A2000 Max-Q 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.

NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

NVIDIA RTX A2000 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 855 MHz vs 682 MHz
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1207 MHz
Around 91% higher texture fill rate: 184.3 GTexel/s vs 96.56 GTexel/s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2560
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective

Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	855 MHz vs 682 MHz
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1207 MHz
Texture fill rate	184.3 GTexel/s vs 96.56 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4096 vs 2560
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 Max-Q

Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A2000 Max-Q

Name	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	NVIDIA RTX A2000 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	596
PassMark - G3D Mark	13843
Geekbench - OpenCL	81157

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	NVIDIA RTX A2000 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA104	GA106
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating	119	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1207 MHz
Core clock speed	855 MHz	682 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	184.3 GFLOPS (1:64)	96.56 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS (1:1)	6.180 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS	6.180 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4096	2560
Pixel fill rate	92.16 GPixel/s	57.94 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	184.3 GTexel/s	96.56 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	95 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Form factor		IGP
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	336.0 GB/s	176.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6