NVIDIA RTX A5000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A5000 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 A5000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 8192 vs 3072
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22894 vs 19608
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1038 vs 927
  • Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 154660 vs 117526
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 581.432 vs 337.794
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6836.931 vs 4566.815
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 54.372 vs 31.631
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2038.811 vs 1654.321
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 vs 23 July 2019
Pipelines 8192 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22894 vs 19608
PassMark - G2D Mark 1038 vs 927
Geekbench - OpenCL 154660 vs 117526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 581.432 vs 337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6836.931 vs 4566.815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 54.372 vs 31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 191.518 vs 190.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2038.811 vs 1654.321

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

  • Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1170 MHz
  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1815 MHz vs 1695 MHz
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27179 vs 22508
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27179 vs 22508
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1650 MHz vs 1170 MHz
Boost clock speed 1815 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27179 vs 22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27179 vs 22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 3714

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A5000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22894
19608
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1038
927
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
154660
117526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
581.432
337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6836.931
4566.815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.372
31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
191.518
190.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2038.811
1654.321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22508
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22508
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3355
Name NVIDIA RTX A5000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
PassMark - G3D Mark 22894 19608
PassMark - G2D Mark 1038 927
Geekbench - OpenCL 154660 117526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 581.432 337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6836.931 4566.815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 54.372 31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 191.518 190.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2038.811 1654.321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22508 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22508 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A5000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA102 TU104
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 23 July 2019
Place in performance rating 65 109
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1695 MHz 1815 MHz
Core clock speed 1170 MHz 1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 867.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 27.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 27.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines 8192 3072
Pixel fill rate 162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 433.9 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 28300 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 Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 10.5” (266.74mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-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 24 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 768 GB/s 496 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready