NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
440.4x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 283.4 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 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 73370 vs 55514

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 15 August 2016
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s vs 283.4 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
Geekbench - OpenCL	73370 vs 55514

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

2.9x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 1771 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 21% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7241 vs 5984

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1771 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7241 vs 5984

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73370

55514

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5984

7241

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	984
PassMark - G3D Mark	13732
Geekbench - OpenCL	73370	55514
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5984	7241
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)		20151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		4646
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4195
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		4646
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4195

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Pascal
Code name	GA106	GP104
Launch date	10 Aug 2021	15 August 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$499.99
Place in performance rating	96	287
Price now		$439.99
Type		Laptop
Value for money (0-100)		43.70
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1771 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	283.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	7,200 million
CUDA cores		2560
Floating-point performance		9,068 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
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)
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	69 mm (2.7 inches)
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Laptop size		large
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