RTX A4000 Mobile vs GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile

Place in the ranking	112	106
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	18.09	23.91
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	TU104	GA104
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	2 April 2020 (4 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3072	5120
Core clock speed	1365 MHz	1140 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	1680 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	115 Watt
Texture fill rate	299.5	268.8
Floating-point processing power	9.585 TFLOPS	17.2 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	80
TMUs	192	160
Tensor Cores	384	160
Ray Tracing Cores	48	40

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.140	1.3
CUDA	7.5	8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	138 +6.2%	130−140 −6.2%
1440p	95 +0%	95−100 +0%
4K	62 +3.3%	60−65 −3.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

65−70
+3300%

2−3

−3300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	98 +3167%	3−4 −3167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 +3.1%	65−70 −3.1%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +4.2%	120−130 −4.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	109 +5350%	2−3 −5350%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +3300%	2−3 −3300%
Far Cry 5	144 +2.9%	140−150 −2.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	157 +4.7%	150−160 −4.7%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +0.5%	190−200 −0.5%
Hitman 3	80−85 +1975%	4−5 −1975%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +1925%	8−9 −1925%
Metro Exodus	144 +2.9%	140−150 −2.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	121 +0.8%	120−130 −0.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 +3450%	4−5 −3450%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +357%	27−30 −357%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 +2667%	3−4 −2667%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 +3.1%	65−70 −3.1%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +4.2%	120−130 −4.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	99 +4850%	2−3 −4850%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +3300%	2−3 −3300%
Far Cry 5	107 +7%	100−105 −7%
Far Cry New Dawn	117 +6.4%	110−120 −6.4%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +0.5%	190−200 −0.5%
Hitman 3	80−85 +1975%	4−5 −1975%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +1925%	8−9 −1925%
Metro Exodus	144 +2.9%	140−150 −2.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	91 +1.1%	90−95 −1.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	217 +5325%	4−5 −5325%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85 +789%	9−10 −789%
Watch Dogs: Legion	278 +893%	27−30 −893%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	62 +1967%	3−4 −1967%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 +3.1%	65−70 −3.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	74 +3600%	2−3 −3600%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +3300%	2−3 −3300%
Far Cry 5	75 +0%	75−80 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +0.5%	190−200 −0.5%
Hitman 3	80−85 +1975%	4−5 −1975%
Horizon Zero Dawn	154 +1825%	8−9 −1825%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	183 +4475%	4−5 −4475%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	103 +1044%	9−10 −1044%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +357%	27−30 −357%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

107
+7%

100−105

−7%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	81 +1.3%	80−85 −1.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	57 +3.6%	55−60 −3.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +7.5%	40−45 −7.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	57 +3.6%	55−60 −3.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35	0−1
Far Cry 5	56 +1.8%	55−60 −1.8%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −0.5%	220−230 +0.5%
Hitman 3	50−55 +733%	6−7 −733%
Horizon Zero Dawn	121 +5950%	2−3 −5950%
Metro Exodus	90 +0%	90−95 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	137 +5.4%	130−140 −5.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +1.8%	55−60 −1.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	274 +1.5%	270−280 −1.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

86
+4200%

2−3

−4200%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +11.4%	35−40 −11.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	46 +2.2%	45−50 −2.2%
Hitman 3	30−35 +6.7%	30−33 −6.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 +0.6%	180−190 −0.6%
Metro Exodus	75 +0%	75−80 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	76 +1.3%	75−80 −1.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	38 +3700%	1−2 −3700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	34 +13.3%	30−33 −13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%
Far Cry 5	33 +10%	30−33 −10%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +8%	50−55 −8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	78 +4%	75−80 −4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 +11.1%	18−20 −11.1%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

49
+2350%

2−3

−2350%

This is how RTX 2080 Super Mobile and RTX A4000 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 6% faster in 1080p
A tie in 1440p
RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 3% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 5950% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 2080 Super Mobile surpassed RTX A4000 Mobile in all 29 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	39.25	39.78
Recency	2 April 2020	12 April 2021
Chip lithography	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	115 Watt

RTX A4000 Mobile has a 1.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 30.4% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile and RTX A4000 Mobile.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile is a notebook graphics card while RTX A4000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.