ROG Ally Extreme GPU vs RTX A2000 12 GB

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking142not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation88.68no data
Power efficiency34.80no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA106Phoenix
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date23 November 2021 (3 years ago)13 June 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 $699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3328768
Core clock speed562 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz2700 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate124.8129.6
Floating-point processing power7.987 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs10448
Tensor Cores104no data
Ray Tracing Cores2612

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length167 mm280 mm
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s51.2 GB/s

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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPort1x USB Type-C

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.1
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 November 2021 13 June 2023
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 30 Watt

ROG Ally Extreme GPU has an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between RTX A2000 12 GB and ROG Ally Extreme GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A2000 12 GB is a workstation graphics card while ROG Ally Extreme GPU is a desktop one.


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