GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA A2
CORE STATE
GA107
VRAM
16 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1770 MHz
TDP
60 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
PROCESS
8 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2021
VS
GEFORCE
GeForce GTX 960
CORE STATE
GM206
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1178 MHz
TDP
120 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Maxwell 2.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2015
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
geekbench_opencl
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_metal
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
A2
GTX 960
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,280
1,024
-20.0%
Shaders
1,280
1,024
-20.0%
TMUs
40
64
+60.0%
ROPs
32
32
0.0%
SM Count
10
—
Clocks
Base Clock
1440 MHz
1127 MHz
Boost Clock
1770 MHz
1178 MHz
Memory Clock
1563 MHz
12.5 Gbps effective
1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
16 GB
2 GB
VRAM (MB)
16,384
2,048
-87.5%
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Bus
128 bit
128 bit
Bandwidth
200.1 GB/s
112.2 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
48 KB (per SMM)
L2 Cache
2 MB
1024 KB
Performance
Pixel Rate
56.64 GPixel/s
37.70 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
70.80 GTexel/s
75.39 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
4.531 TFLOPS
2.413 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
70.80 GFLOPS (1:64)
75.39 GFLOPS (1:32)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
4.531 TFLOPS (1:1)
—
AI/RT
RT Cores
10
—
Tensor Cores
40
—
Power
TDP
60 W
120 W
TDP (W)
60
120
+100.0%
Suggested PSU
250 W
300 W
Power Connectors
None
1x 6-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Ampere
Maxwell 2.0
GPU Name
GA107
GM206
Generation
Workstation Ampere
(Ax000)
GeForce 900
Process Size
8 nm
28 nm
Transistors
8,700 million
2,940 million
Die Size
200 mm²
228 mm²
Foundry
Samsung
TSMC
Density
43.5M / mm²
12.9M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
8.6
5.2
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Single-slot
Dual-slot
Length
—
241 mm
9.5 inches
Outputs
No outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 3.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
—
199 USD
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
Quadro Turing
GeForce 700
Successor
Workstation Ada
GeForce 10