NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 and AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 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, 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).

NVIDIA RTX A2000

AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 230 Watt
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 970 vs 780
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13587 vs 13169
Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 73528 vs 69537

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 13 August 2018
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	970 vs 780
PassMark - G3D Mark	13587 vs 13169
Geekbench - OpenCL	73528 vs 69537

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200

2.1x more core clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)

Core clock speed	1200 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1530 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

970

780

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13587

13169

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73528

69537

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200
PassMark - G2D Mark	970	780
PassMark - G3D Mark	13587	13169
Geekbench - OpenCL	73528	69537
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		171.616
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4031.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		16.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		247.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1195.863
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		13044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		7164
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		30936
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		13044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		7164
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		30936

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000	AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 5.0
Code name	GA106	Vega 10
Launch date	10 Aug 2021	13 August 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$999
Place in performance rating	118	120
Price now		$999
Type		Workstation
Value for money (0-100)		13.37
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1530 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	14 nm
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
Pipelines	3328
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	230 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	12,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	167 mm (6.6 inches)	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	69 mm (2.7 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6