RTX A2000 12 GB vs A100 PCIe 80 GB

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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 data88.66
Power efficiencyno data34.79
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA100GA106
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date28 June 2021 (3 years ago)23 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$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 cores69123328
Core clock speed1065 MHz562 MHz
Boost clock speed1410 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate609.1124.8
Floating-point processing power19.49 TFLOPS7.987 TFLOPS
ROPs16048
TMUs432104
Tensor Cores432104
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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm167 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSNone

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 typeHBM2eGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount80 GB12 GB
Memory bus width5120 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1593 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth2,039 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader ModelN/A6.6
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCL3.03.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA8.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2021 23 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 80 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 70 Watt

A100 PCIe 80 GB has a 566.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

RTX A2000 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and 257.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A100 PCIe 80 GB and RTX A2000 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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