RTX A2000 Max-Q 8 GB: specs and benchmarks
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Summary
NVIDIA started RTX A2000 Max-Q 8 GB sales 12 April 2021. This is an Ampere architecture notebook card based on 8 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 1.38 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 176.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 95 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about RTX A2000 Max-Q 8 GB: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | |
| GPU code name | GA107 | |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | |
| Release date | 12 April 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
RTX A2000 Max-Q 8 GB's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of RTX A2000 Max-Q 8 GB's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2560 | of 960 (GeForce GTX 660) |
| Core clock speed | 607 MHz | of 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI) |
| Boost clock speed | 1177 MHz | of 1000 (HD Graphics (Haswell)) |
| Number of transistors | 8,700 million | of 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | of 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | of 235 (FirePro S9150) |
| Texture fill rate | 94.16 | of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| Floating-point processing power | 6.026 TFLOPS | of 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| ROPs | 48 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 80 | of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350) |
| Tensor Cores | 80 | of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350) |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 20 | of 188 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| L1 Cache | 2.5 MB | of 64 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1550) |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | of 408 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1350) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of RTX A2000 Max-Q 8 GB and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on RTX A2000 Max-Q 8 GB: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti) |
| Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz | of 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 176.0 GB/s | of 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080) |
| Resizable BAR | + |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on RTX A2000 Max-Q 8 GB. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK compatibility
APIs supported by RTX A2000 Max-Q 8 GB, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | |
| CUDA | 8.6 | |
| DLSS | + |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to RTX A2000 Max-Q 8 GB is Radeon Pro 580.
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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