NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A6000 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 - 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 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1815 MHz
  • 3.5x more pipelines: 10752 vs 3072
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 71% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 200330 vs 117339
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 737.53 vs 337.794
  • Around 88% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 59.432 vs 31.631
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2347.314 vs 1654.321
  • 8916.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17833 vs 2
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 vs 23 July 2019
Boost clock speed 1860 MHz vs 1815 MHz
Pipelines 10752 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 48 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 200330 vs 117339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 737.53 vs 337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 59.432 vs 31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2347.314 vs 1654.321
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17833 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1455 MHz
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • 4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19611 vs 4237
  • 10.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 927 vs 86
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 190.996 vs 189.702
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 27179 vs 23142
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 27179 vs 23142
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1650 MHz vs 1455 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19611 vs 4237
PassMark - G2D Mark 927 vs 86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 190.996 vs 189.702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 27179 vs 23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 27179 vs 23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4237
19611
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
86
927
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
200330
117339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
737.53
337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
59.432
31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
189.702
190.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2347.314
1654.321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
17833
2
Name NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
PassMark - G3D Mark 4237 19611
PassMark - G2D Mark 86 927
Geekbench - OpenCL 200330 117339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 737.53 337.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 59.432 31.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 189.702 190.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2347.314 1654.321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 23142 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23142 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17833 2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4566.815

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA102 TU104
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 23 July 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $4649 $699
Place in performance rating 94 109
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1860 MHz 1815 MHz
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 1650 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 3072
Pixel fill rate 208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 625.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 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) 700 Watt 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 8-pin EPS 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 48 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