GeForce RTX 4070 vs RTX A2000 12 GB

Place in performance ranking	129	17
Place by popularity	not in top-100	31
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	10.91	26.79
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	GA106	AD104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 November 2021 (2 years ago)	13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$599
Current price	$967 (2.2x MSRP)	$791 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4070 has 146% better value for money than RTX A2000 12 GB.

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	3328	5888
Core clock speed	no data	1920 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	2475 MHz
Number of transistors	12,000 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	70 Watt	200 Watt
Texture fill rate	124.8	455.4

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	167 mm	240 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-pin

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	GDDR6	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	12 GB/s	21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	504.2 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	4x mini-DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x 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	6.6	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	8.9

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 A2000 12 GB 35.52

RTX 4070 69.89
+96.8%

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms RTX A2000 12 GB by 97% 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 A2000 12 GB 13723

RTX 4070 27002
+96.8%

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms RTX A2000 12 GB by 97% in Passmark.