NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA RTX A2000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA RTX A2000 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 2000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA RTX A2000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation

2.9x more core clock speed: 1635 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 76% higher boost clock speed: 2115 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 203.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 70 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15585 vs 13766
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 79625 vs 73255

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1635 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	2115 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	203.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 70 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	15585 vs 13766
Geekbench - OpenCL	79625 vs 73255

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Around 8% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 3072
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 627

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3328 vs 3072
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	989 vs 627

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A2000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

627

989

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15585

13766

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

79625

73255

Name	NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA RTX A2000
PassMark - G2D Mark	627	989
PassMark - G3D Mark	15585	13766
Geekbench - OpenCL	79625	73255
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5944

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA RTX A2000
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD107	GA106
Place in performance rating	98	96
Launch date		10 Aug 2021
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2115 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1635 MHz	562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	3072	3328
Pixel fill rate	67.68 GPixel/s	57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	203.0 GTexel/s	124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	70 Watt
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		7.987 TFLOPS
Transistor count		13250 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	4x mini-DisplayPort
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)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6