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.

NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA RTX A2000

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 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 96207 vs 73371
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15916 vs 13627

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	96207 vs 73371
PassMark - G3D Mark	15916 vs 13627

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 975 vs 562

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	975 vs 562

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

96207

73371

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

562

975

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15916

13627

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA RTX A2000
Geekbench - OpenCL	96207	73371
PassMark - G2D Mark	562	975
PassMark - G3D Mark	15916	13627
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5989

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	100	102
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