RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs RTX A2000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared RTX A2000 and RTX 4000 Ada Generation, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX A2000
2021
6 GB GDDR6, 70 Watt
35.54

RTX 4000 Ada Generation outperforms RTX A2000 by an impressive 79% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking13929
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation86.02no data
Power efficiency34.8133.63
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA106AD104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date10 August 2021 (3 years ago)9 August 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 cores33286144
Core clock speed562 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz2175 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate124.8417.6
Floating-point processing power7.987 TFLOPS26.73 TFLOPS
ROPs4880
TMUs104192
Tensor Cores104192
Ray Tracing Cores2648

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 mm245 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB20 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s360.0 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 1.4a4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.86.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

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 4000 Ada Generation 63.77
+79.4%

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 4000 Ada Generation 24572
+79.4%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

RTX A2000 73276
RTX 4000 Ada Generation 148137
+102%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

RTX A2000 68574
RTX 4000 Ada Generation 119008
+73.5%

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
−70.2%
160−170
+70.2%
1440p44
−70.5%
75−80
+70.5%
4K28
−78.6%
50−55
+78.6%

Cost per frame, $

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.54 63.77
Recency 10 August 2021 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 130 Watt

RTX A2000 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 4000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 79.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 233.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 4000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX A2000 in performance tests.


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