GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB vs RTX A2000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking137not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation86.03no data
Power efficiency36.67no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA106GA102
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date10 August 2021 (3 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 $1,199

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 cores332810240
Core clock speed562 MHz1335 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rate124.8532.8
Floating-point processing power7.987 TFLOPS34.1 TFLOPS
ROPs48112
TMUs104320
Tensor Cores104320
Ray Tracing Cores2680

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length167 mm285 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount6 GB20 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s760.3 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-DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.86.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 20 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 350 Watt

RTX A2000 has 400% lower power consumption.

RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB, on the other hand, has a 233.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between RTX A2000 and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A2000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB is a desktop one.


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