RTX A2000 12 GB vs Xbox Series S GPU

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated139
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data87.76
Power efficiencyno data36.20
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameLockhartGA106
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date10 November 2020 (3 years ago)23 November 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 $449

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 cores12803328
Core clock speed1565 MHz562 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate125.2124.8
Floating-point processing power4.006 TFLOPS7.987 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs80104
Tensor Coresno data104
Ray Tracing Coresno data26

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x16
Length274 mm167 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s288.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.14x mini-DisplayPort
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 Model6.76.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2020 23 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 70 Watt

Xbox Series S GPU has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

RTX A2000 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 42.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xbox Series S GPU and RTX A2000 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xbox Series S GPU is a desktop card while RTX A2000 12 GB is a workstation one.


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