NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile

  • Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 1815 MHz vs 1178 MHz
  • 1332.1x more texture fill rate: 145.2 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
  • Around 54% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1664
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 148 Watt
  • 214.3x more memory clock speed: 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9765 vs 9640
  • Around 99% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 56688 vs 28498
  • Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 202.984 vs 105.107
  • Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2138.158 vs 1225.96
  • Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 16.498 vs 8.737
  • 4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 151.433 vs 35.714
  • Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 729.947 vs 490.688
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12750 vs 11499
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12750 vs 11499
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1815 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate 145.2 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
Pipelines 2560 vs 1664
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 148 Watt
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9765 vs 9640
Geekbench - OpenCL 56688 vs 28498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 202.984 vs 105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2138.158 vs 1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.498 vs 8.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 151.433 vs 35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 729.947 vs 490.688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12750 vs 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12750 vs 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

  • Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 493
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1050 MHz vs 735 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 766 vs 493

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9765
9640
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
493
766
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
56688
28498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
202.984
105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2138.158
1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.498
8.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
151.433
35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
729.947
490.688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12750
11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12750
11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3340
Name NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark - G3D Mark 9765 9640
PassMark - G2D Mark 493 766
Geekbench - OpenCL 56688 28498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 202.984 105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2138.158 1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.498 8.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 151.433 35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 729.947 490.688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12750 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12750 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 369

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Maxwell 2.0
Code name GA106 GM204
Place in performance rating 272 371
Launch date 19 September 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Price now $407.76
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 28.59

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1815 MHz 1178 MHz
Core clock speed 735 MHz 1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 145.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 9.293 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 9.293 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2560 1664
Pixel fill rate 87.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 145.2 GTexel/s 109 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 148 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million 5,200 million
CUDA cores 1664
Floating-point performance 3,920 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pins
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
SLI options 4x

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Shader Model 6.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s 224 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround