NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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 3070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 220 Watt

Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 1 Sep 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 220 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

2.7x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1725 MHz vs 1200 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 317.4 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 77% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 3328
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 999 vs 971
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22253 vs 13585
Around 68% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 123479 vs 73337
2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3163 vs 1345

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1725 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	317.4 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5888 vs 3328
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	999 vs 971
PassMark - G3D Mark	22253 vs 13585
Geekbench - OpenCL	123479 vs 73337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3163 vs 1345

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

999

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13585

22253

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73337

123479

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1345

3163

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark - G2D Mark	971	999
PassMark - G3D Mark	13585	22253
Geekbench - OpenCL	73337	123479
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1345	3163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		453.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		40.757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		182.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1664.554
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		31930

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA104
Launch date	10 Aug 2021	1 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$499
Place in performance rating	128	44
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1725 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	20.31 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	5888
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	220 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	167 mm (6.6 inches)	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Width	69 mm (2.7 inches)	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Height		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6