NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 13% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 2944
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 215 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 912

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 20 September 2018
Pipelines	3328 vs 2944
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 215 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	989 vs 912

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

2.7x more core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1200 MHz
9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18813 vs 13766
Around 40% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102535 vs 73255
Around 84% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 10966 vs 5944

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1515 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	18813 vs 13766
Geekbench - OpenCL	102535 vs 73255
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	10966 vs 5944

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

989

912

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13766

18813

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73255

102535

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5944

10966

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark - G2D Mark	989	912
PassMark - G3D Mark	13766	18813
Geekbench - OpenCL	73255	102535
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5944	10966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6293

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA106	TU104
Launch date	10 Aug 2021	20 September 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$699
Place in performance rating	96	97
Price now		$749.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		32.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 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	2944
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	13,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6