NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 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, 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 Super Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Around 8% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 3072
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 80 Watt
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 570

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 2 Apr 2020
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Pipelines	3328 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 80 Watt
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 570

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

Around 31% higher core clock speed: 735 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 66% higher texture fill rate: 207.4 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 93962 vs 73337
6.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8346 vs 1345

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	735 MHz vs 562 MHz
Texture fill rate	207.4 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13605 vs 13585
Geekbench - OpenCL	93962 vs 73337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8346 vs 1345

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

570

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13585

13605

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73337

93962

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1345

8346

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	971	570
PassMark - G3D Mark	13585	13605
Geekbench - OpenCL	73337	93962
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1345	8346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA106	TU104B
Launch date	10 Aug 2021	2 Apr 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	128	125
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1080 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	207.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	13.27 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	6.636 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	3072
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	69.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	207.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	13600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
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	None
Width	69 mm (2.7 inches)	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	352.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)	1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6