NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA RTX A2000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3000 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 562 MHz
  • Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 96% higher texture fill rate: 244.1 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
  • Around 38% higher pipelines: 4608 vs 3328
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
  • 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 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 96938 vs 73367
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16345 vs 13726
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Mar 2023 vs 10 Aug 2021
Core clock speed 1395 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed 1695 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate 244.1 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines 4608 vs 3328
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 96938 vs 73367
PassMark - G3D Mark 16345 vs 13726

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

  • Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 983 vs 577
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 983 vs 577

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A2000

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
96938
73367
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
577
983
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
16345
13726
Name NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation NVIDIA RTX A2000
Geekbench - OpenCL 96938 73367
PassMark - G2D Mark 577 983
PassMark - G3D Mark 16345 13726
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5984

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation NVIDIA RTX A2000

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD106 GA106
Launch date 21 Mar 2023 10 Aug 2021
Place in performance rating 93 96
Launch price (MSRP) $449

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1695 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1395 MHz 562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 8 nm
Pipelines 4608 3328
Pixel fill rate 81.36 GPixel/s 57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 244.1 GTexel/s 124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 70 Watt
Transistor count 22900 million 13250 million
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

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