RTX A2000 vs GeForce GTX 1170

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated128
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data19.03
Architectureno dataAmpere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameno dataGA106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data10 August 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449
Current price$1166 $567 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data3328
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Number of transistorsno data12,000 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data70 Watt
Texture fill rateno data124.8

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data167 mm
Widthno data2-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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data6 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data12 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data288.0 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 data4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.3
CUDAno data8.6

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1170 and RTX A2000. We've got no test results to judge.


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