RTX A2000 vs GeForce RTX 3080

Place in performance ranking	23	127
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	23.56	19.11
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Ampere GA102	GA106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 September 2020 (3 years ago)	10 August 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$449
Current price	$823 (1.2x MSRP)	$567 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3080 has 23% better value for money than RTX A2000.

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 cores	8704	3328
Core clock speed	1450 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	28,300 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	320 Watt	70 Watt
Texture fill rate	465.1	124.8

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	285 mm	167 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-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	GDDR6X	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	10 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	320 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	19000 MHz	12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	760.3 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.3
CUDA	8.5	8.6

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 65.47
+83.9%

RTX A2000 35.61

GeForce RTX 3080 outperforms RTX A2000 by 84% based on our aggregate 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 25284
+83.9%

RTX A2000 13751

GeForce RTX 3080 outperforms RTX A2000 by 84% 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 167759
+129%

RTX A2000 73151

GeForce RTX 3080 outperforms RTX A2000 by 129% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RTX 3080 146497
+111%

RTX A2000 69560

GeForce RTX 3080 outperforms RTX A2000 by 111% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

RTX 3080 202162
+141%

RTX A2000 84002

GeForce RTX 3080 outperforms RTX A2000 by 141% 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 HD	163 +91.8%	85−90 −91.8%
1440p	124 +90.8%	65−70 −90.8%
4K	84 +86.7%	45−50 −86.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

120−130

+93.8%

65−70
−93.8%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−110 +90.9%	55−60 −90.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	111 +85%	60−65 −85%
Battlefield 5	200−210 +90%	110−120 −90%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +93.3%	60−65 −93.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	138 +84%	75−80 −84%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +91.7%	60−65 −91.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	150−160 +87.1%	85−90 −87.1%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +89.1%	110−120 −89.1%
Hitman 3	116 +93.3%	60−65 −93.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	272 +94.3%	140−150 −94.3%
Metro Exodus	144 +92%	75−80 −92%
Red Dead Redemption 2	131 +87.1%	70−75 −87.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	383 +91.5%	200−210 −91.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	134 +91.4%	70−75 −91.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−110 +90.9%	55−60 −90.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	96 +92%	50−55 −92%
Battlefield 5	200−210 +90%	110−120 −90%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +93.3%	60−65 −93.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	134 +91.4%	70−75 −91.4%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +91.7%	60−65 −91.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	150−160 +87.1%	85−90 −87.1%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +89.1%	110−120 −89.1%
Hitman 3	99 +98%	50−55 −98%
Horizon Zero Dawn	270−280 +84%	150−160 −84%
Metro Exodus	134 +91.4%	70−75 −91.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	130 +85.7%	70−75 −85.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	326 +91.8%	170−180 −91.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	303 +89.4%	160−170 −89.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	238 +98.3%	120−130 −98.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−110 +90.9%	55−60 −90.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	88 +95.6%	45−50 −95.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +93.3%	60−65 −93.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	131 +87.1%	70−75 −87.1%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +91.7%	60−65 −91.7%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +89.1%	110−120 −89.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	182 +91.6%	95−100 −91.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	287 +91.3%	150−160 −91.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	149 +86.3%	80−85 −86.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	101 +102%	50−55 −102%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

131

+87.1%

70−75
−87.1%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	150−160 +88.8%	80−85 −88.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	144 +92%	75−80 −92%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 +90%	40−45 −90%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	76 +90%	40−45 −90%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 +85.5%	55−60 −85.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	86 +91.1%	45−50 −91.1%
Far Cry 5	135 +92.9%	70−75 −92.9%
Forza Horizon 4	150−160 +92.5%	80−85 −92.5%
Hitman 3	112 +86.7%	60−65 −86.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	151 +88.8%	80−85 −88.8%
Metro Exodus	107 +94.5%	55−60 −94.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	219 +99.1%	110−120 −99.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	110−120 +93.3%	60−65 −93.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	81 +103%	40−45 −103%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

130

+85.7%

70−75
−85.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 +97.5%	40−45 −97.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +85.7%	35−40 −85.7%
Hitman 3	57 +90%	30−33 −90%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +96%	50−55 −96%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	86 +91.1%	45−50 −91.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	115 +91.7%	60−65 −91.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 +96.3%	27−30 −96.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	52 +92.6%	27−30 −92.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +100%	24−27 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	43 +105%	21−24 −105%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +91.7%	24−27 −91.7%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +96.4%	55−60 −96.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	116 +93.3%	60−65 −93.3%
Metro Exodus	89 +97.8%	45−50 −97.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	54 +100%	27−30 −100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

95
+90%

50−55

−90%

This is how RTX 3080 and RTX A2000 compete in popular games:

RTX 3080 is 92% faster in 1080p
RTX 3080 is 91% faster in 1440p
RTX 3080 is 87% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	65.47	35.61
Recency	16 September 2020	10 August 2021
Cost	$699	$449
Maximum RAM amount	10 GB	6 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	320 Watt	70 Watt