NVIDIA RTX A4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A4000 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2x more pipelines: 6144 vs 3072
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1021 vs 920
  • Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 121168 vs 115519
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 420.465 vs 338.122
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 32.297 vs 31.6
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1895.111 vs 1653.08
  • 1299x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2598 vs 2
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 vs 23 July 2019
Pipelines 6144 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19568 vs 19538
PassMark - G2D Mark 1021 vs 920
Geekbench - OpenCL 121168 vs 115519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 420.465 vs 338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 32.297 vs 31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1895.111 vs 1653.08
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2598 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1815 MHz vs 1560 MHz
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4571.03 vs 4156.52
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 190.349 vs 162.131
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27179 vs 22050
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27179 vs 22050
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1650 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1815 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4571.03 vs 4156.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 190.349 vs 162.131
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27179 vs 22050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27179 vs 22050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 3715

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19568
19538
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1021
920
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
121168
115519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
420.465
338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4156.52
4571.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
32.297
31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.131
190.349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1895.111
1653.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22050
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22050
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2598
2
Name NVIDIA RTX A4000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
PassMark - G3D Mark 19568 19538
PassMark - G2D Mark 1021 920
Geekbench - OpenCL 121168 115519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 420.465 338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4156.52 4571.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 32.297 31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 162.131 190.349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1895.111 1653.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22050 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22050 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2598 2

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A4000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 TU104
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 23 July 2019
Place in performance rating 105 108
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1560 MHz 1815 MHz
Core clock speed 735 MHz 1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 599.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 19.17 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 19.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines 6144 3072
Pixel fill rate 149.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 299.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million
CUDA cores 3072
Maximum GPU temperature 89 C
Render output units 64

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort
Display Port 1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Single-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 241 mm (9.5 inches) 10.5” (266.74mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 6 pin + 8 pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches) 2-Slot
Height 4.556” (115.7mm)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.1
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.6 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 496 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready