RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile vs RTX A2000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared RTX A2000 with RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RTX A2000
2021
6 GB GDDR6, 70 Watt
35.54

RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms RTX A2000 by a moderate 17% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking13997
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation85.99no data
Power efficiency34.8124.82
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA106no data
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date10 August 2021 (3 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 no data

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 cores33284608
Core clock speed562 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1200 MHzno data
Number of transistors12,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate124.8no data
Floating-point processing power7.987 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs104no data
Tensor Cores104no data
Ray Tracing Cores26no data

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length167 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/sno data
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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4ano data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate
Shader Model6.8no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA8.6-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX A2000 35.54
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 41.64
+17.2%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX A2000 13695
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 16044
+17.2%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX A2000 19978
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 29411
+47.2%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX A2000 14934
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 20908
+40%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX A2000 94407
+14.3%
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile 82612

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 HD94
−17%
110−120
+17%
1440p44
−13.6%
50−55
+13.6%
4K28
−7.1%
30−35
+7.1%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.78no data
1440p10.20no data
4K16.04no data

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.54 41.64
Recency 10 August 2021 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 115 Watt

RTX A2000 has 64.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has a 17.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX A2000 in performance tests.

Be aware that RTX A2000 is a workstation card while RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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