NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A6000 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1710 MHz
  • 3.7x more pipelines: 10752 vs 2944
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 95% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 200330 vs 102535
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 737.53 vs 326.494
  • Around 88% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 59.432 vs 31.684
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 189.702 vs 159.275
  • Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2347.314 vs 1506.874
  • Around 63% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17833 vs 10965
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 vs 20 September 2018
Boost clock speed 1860 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Pipelines 10752 vs 2944
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 200330 vs 102535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 737.53 vs 326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 59.432 vs 31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 189.702 vs 159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2347.314 vs 1506.874
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17833 vs 10965

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 1455 MHz
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 215 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • 4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18811 vs 4237
  • 10.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 912 vs 86
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25500 vs 23142
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6966 vs 3712
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6293 vs 3353
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25500 vs 23142
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6966 vs 3712
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6293 vs 3353
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1515 MHz vs 1455 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 215 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 18811 vs 4237
PassMark - G2D Mark 912 vs 86
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 25500 vs 23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6966 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6293 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 25500 vs 23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6966 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6293 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A6000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4237
18811
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
86
912
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
200330
102535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
737.53
326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
59.432
31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
189.702
159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2347.314
1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
17833
10965
Name NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark - G3D Mark 4237 18811
PassMark - G2D Mark 86 912
Geekbench - OpenCL 200330 102535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 737.53 326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 59.432 31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 189.702 159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2347.314 1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 23142 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23142 25500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17833 10965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3938.377

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA102 TU104
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 20 September 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $4649 $699
Place in performance rating 94 97
Price now $749.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 32.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1860 MHz 1710 MHz
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 1515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1250 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 40.00 TFLOPS
Pipelines 10752 2944
Pixel fill rate 208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 625.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 215 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 13,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 8-pin EPS 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 48 GB
Memory bandwidth 768 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6