A800 PCIe 40 GB vs RTX A2000 12 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking139not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation88.66no data
Power efficiency34.79no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA106GA100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date23 November 2021 (3 years ago)8 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 no data

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 cores33286912
Core clock speed562 MHz765 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate124.8609.1
Floating-point processing power7.987 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs48160
TMUs104432
Tensor Cores104432
Ray Tracing Cores26no data

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
Length167 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR6HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount12 GB40 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s1,555 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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.6N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.68.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 November 2021 8 November 2022
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 40 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 250 Watt

RTX A2000 12 GB has 257.1% lower power consumption.

A800 PCIe 40 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, a 233.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between RTX A2000 12 GB and A800 PCIe 40 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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