NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation vs NVIDIA RTX A2000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 562 MHz
  • Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1565 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 300.5 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
  • Around 85% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 3328
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
  • 3.3x more maximum memory size: 20 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1101 vs 971
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20215 vs 13585
  • Around 69% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 124062 vs 73337
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Mar 2023 vs 10 Aug 2021
Core clock speed 1290 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed 1565 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate 300.5 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines 6144 vs 3328
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size 20 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1101 vs 971
PassMark - G3D Mark 20215 vs 13585
Geekbench - OpenCL 124062 vs 73337

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A2000

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1101
971
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
20215
13585
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
124062
73337
Name NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation NVIDIA RTX A2000
PassMark - G2D Mark 1101 971
PassMark - G3D Mark 20215 13585
Geekbench - OpenCL 124062 73337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1345

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation NVIDIA RTX A2000

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD104 GA106
Launch date 21 Mar 2023 10 Aug 2021
Place in performance rating 36 128
Launch price (MSRP) $449

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1565 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1290 MHz 562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 8 nm
Pipelines 6144 3328
Pixel fill rate 125.2 GPixel/s 57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 300.5 GTexel/s 124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt 70 Watt
Transistor count 35800 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 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a 4x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 168 mm, 6.6 inches 167 mm (6.6 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 250 Watt 250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None None
Width 69 mm, 2.7 inches 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 20 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 280.0 GB/s 288 GB/s
Memory bus width 160 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6