RTX A2000 vs GeForce GTX 780

Place in the ranking	265	140
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.83	86.04
Power efficiency	5.70	34.77
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GK110	GA106
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	10 August 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX A2000 has 1681% better value for money than GTX 780.

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 cores	2304	3328
Core clock speed	863 MHz	562 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	7,080 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	70 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	173.2	124.8
Floating-point processing power	4.156 TFLOPS	7.987 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	48
TMUs	192	104
Tensor Cores	no data	104
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	26

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).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	167 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Minimum recommended system power	600 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB/s	288.0 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 Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu Ray 3D	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-
PhysX	+	-
3D Vision Live	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

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.

GTX 780 20.79

RTX A2000 35.54
+70.9%

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.

GTX 780 8011

RTX A2000 13694
+70.9%

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.

GTX 780 10460

RTX A2000 14934
+42.8%

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.

GTX 780 23205

RTX A2000 73276
+216%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

GTX 780 24634

RTX A2000 68574
+178%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

GTX 780 18049

RTX A2000 84002
+365%

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 HD	54 −74.1%	94 +74.1%
1440p	24−27 −83.3%	44 +83.3%
4K	16−18 −75%	28 +75%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	12.02	4.78
1440p	27.04	10.20
4K	40.56	16.04

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	20.79	35.54
Recency	23 May 2013	10 August 2021
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	70 Watt

RTX A2000 has a 70.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 257.1% lower power consumption.

The RTX A2000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 780 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780 is a desktop card while RTX A2000 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.