NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) 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 - 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
450.1x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
Around 30% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 180 Watt
150x more memory clock speed: 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) vs 10 GB/s
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 986 vs 888
Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 73380 vs 55413

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 27 May 2016
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3328 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) vs 10 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	986 vs 888
Geekbench - OpenCL	73380 vs 55413

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

2.9x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1733 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15544 vs 13753
Around 26% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7536 vs 5982

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	15544 vs 13753
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7536 vs 5982

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

986

888

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13753

15544

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73380

55413

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5982

7536

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	986	888
PassMark - G3D Mark	13753	15544
Geekbench - OpenCL	73380	55413
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5982	7536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3343

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Pascal
Code name	GA106	GP104
Launch date	10 Aug 2021	27 May 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$599
Place in performance rating	96	273
Price now		$439.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		43.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1733 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	16 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	2560
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	277.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	7,200 million
CUDA cores		2560
Floating-point performance		8,873 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	167 mm (6.6 inches)	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	8-pin
Width	69 mm (2.7 inches)	2-slot
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)	10 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready