NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile 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 RTX 3080 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 115 Watt

Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Around 98% higher core clock speed: 1110 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1200 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 296.6 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 85% higher pipelines: 6144 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)

Core clock speed	1110 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	296.6 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6144 vs 3328
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	982
PassMark - G3D Mark	13695
Geekbench - OpenCL	73276
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		371.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3552.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		31.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		190.723
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1422.602
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		26295
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		9367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8604
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		26295
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		9367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8604

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA104
Launch date	10 Aug 2021	12 Jan 2021
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	96	97
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1545 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1110 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	296.6 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	18.98 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	18.98 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	6144
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	148.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	296.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	167 mm (6.6 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	69 mm (2.7 inches)
Height		PCIe 4.0 x16
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
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready