RTX A5000 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

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Combined performance score

RTX 3080 Ti
70.29
+18.6%

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX A5000 by 19% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking1628
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money14.900.97
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameAmpere GA102GA102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date24 September 2020 (3 years old)12 April 2021 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 no data
Current price$1135 (0.9x MSRP)$3327
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3080 Ti has 1436% better value for money than RTX A5000.

Technical specs

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 cores102408192
Core clock speed1370 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1667 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate532.8433.9

Size and 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
Length285 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin1x 8-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB24 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed19000 MHz16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth912.4 GB/s768.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

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, 3x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.68.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 3080 Ti 70.29
+18.6%
RTX A5000 59.25

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX A5000 by 19% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RTX 3080 Ti 27241
+18.6%
RTX A5000 22961

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX A5000 by 19% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RTX 3080 Ti 209081
+35.2%
RTX A5000 154648

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX A5000 by 35% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

RTX 3080 Ti 235513
+23.3%
RTX A5000 190987

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX A5000 by 23% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

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 HD214
+18.9%
180−190
−18.9%
1440p144
+20%
120−130
−20%
4K96
+20%
80−85
−20%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 219
+21.7%
180−190
−21.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−110
+18.9%
90−95
−18.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+24%
100−105
−24%
Battlefield 5 150−160
+22.3%
130−140
−22.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 170−180
+24.3%
140−150
−24.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 184
+22.7%
150−160
−22.7%
Far Cry 5 208
+22.4%
170−180
−22.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 174
+24.3%
140−150
−24.3%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+23.1%
160−170
−23.1%
Hitman 3 200−210
+22.4%
170−180
−22.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+28.3%
120−130
−28.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+23.2%
95−100
−23.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 247
+23.5%
200−210
−23.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+23.2%
95−100
−23.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−110
+18.9%
90−95
−18.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+24%
100−105
−24%
Battlefield 5 150−160
+22.3%
130−140
−22.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 170−180
+24.3%
140−150
−24.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 160
+23.1%
130−140
−23.1%
Far Cry 5 198
+23.8%
160−170
−23.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 167
+19.3%
140−150
−19.3%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+23.1%
160−170
−23.1%
Hitman 3 134
+21.8%
110−120
−21.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+28.3%
120−130
−28.3%
Metro Exodus 172
+22.9%
140−150
−22.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 56
+24.4%
45−50
−24.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 226
+18.9%
190−200
−18.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 372
+24%
300−310
−24%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+23.2%
95−100
−23.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−110
+18.9%
90−95
−18.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 100
+25%
80−85
−25%
Battlefield 5 196
+22.5%
160−170
−22.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 146
+21.7%
120−130
−21.7%
Far Cry 5 186
+24%
150−160
−24%
Far Cry New Dawn 146
+21.7%
120−130
−21.7%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+23.1%
160−170
−23.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 181
+20.7%
150−160
−20.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 97
+21.3%
80−85
−21.3%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+28%
100−105
−28%
Hitman 3 210
+23.5%
170−180
−23.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+24.2%
95−100
−24.2%
Metro Exodus 114
+20%
95−100
−20%
Red Dead Redemption 2 93
+24%
75−80
−24%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 164
+26.2%
130−140
−26.2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
+20%
65−70
−20%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 86
+22.9%
70−75
−22.9%
Battlefield 5 192
+20%
160−170
−20%
Cyberpunk 2077 99
+23.8%
80−85
−23.8%
Far Cry 5 176
+25.7%
140−150
−25.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 141
+28.2%
110−120
−28.2%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+27.7%
130−140
−27.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 130−140
+30%
100−105
−30%
Watch Dogs: Legion 89
+18.7%
75−80
−18.7%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+21.5%
65−70
−21.5%
Hitman 3 120
+20%
100−105
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+20%
65−70
−20%
Metro Exodus 76
+26.7%
60−65
−26.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 63
+26%
50−55
−26%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 94
+25.3%
75−80
−25.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 152
+26.7%
120−130
−26.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
+24.4%
45−50
−24.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 61
+22%
50−55
−22%
Battlefield 5 136
+23.6%
110−120
−23.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 50
+25%
40−45
−25%
Far Cry 5 109
+21.1%
90−95
−21.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 108
+20%
90−95
−20%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+20%
100−105
−20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 59
+31.1%
45−50
−31.1%

This is how RTX 3080 Ti and RTX A5000 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • RTX 3080 Ti is 18.9% faster than RTX A5000

1440p resolution:

  • RTX 3080 Ti is 20% faster than RTX A5000

4K resolution:

  • RTX 3080 Ti is 20% faster than RTX A5000

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 70.29 59.25
Recency 24 September 2020 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 24 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 230 Watt

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX A5000 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is a desktop card while RTX A5000 is a workstation one.


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

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