NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA RTX A2000

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 44% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 2304
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 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 498
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13585 vs 10967
Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 73337 vs 63532

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 27 May 2019
Pipelines	3328 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 498
PassMark - G3D Mark	13585 vs 10967
Geekbench - OpenCL	73337 vs 63532

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000

Around 68% higher core clock speed: 945 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 198.7 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)

Core clock speed	945 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1380 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	198.7 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

498

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13585

10967

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73337

63532

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000
PassMark - G2D Mark	971	498
PassMark - G3D Mark	13585	10967
Geekbench - OpenCL	73337	63532
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14496
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3361

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA106	N19E-Q1
Launch date	10 Aug 2021	27 May 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	128	249
Type		Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1380 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	945 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	198.7 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	12.72 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	6.359 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	2304
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	88.32 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	198.7 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	10800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
G-SYNC 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	None
Width	69 mm (2.7 inches)
Laptop size		Large
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
Multi Monitor
VR Ready