GPU Comparison

NVIDIA

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

NVIDIA

GEFORCE

GeForce RTX 3080

CORE STATE GA102

VRAM 10 GB

CLOCK SPEED 1710 MHz

TDP 320 W

BUS WIDTH 320 bit

ARCHITECTURE Ampere

PROCESS 8 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2020

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

geekbench_opencl

35,357

153,889

geekbench_vulkan

34,023

33,620

3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12

N/A

4,407

passmark_directx_10

N/A

170

passmark_directx_11

N/A

207

passmark_directx_12

N/A

100

passmark_directx_9

N/A

258

passmark_g2d

N/A

1,054

passmark_g3d

N/A

25,086

passmark_gpu_compute

N/A

14,397

Analysis: NVIDIA A2 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Graphics performance evaluations between Radeon RTX 3080 and NVIDIA A2 by NVIDIA demonstrate a decisive champion. Radeon RTX 3080 delivers significantly stronger performance in current gaming benchmarks. The memory advantage and technical improvements lead into obviously enhanced gaming performance. Score results demonstrates this observation. Enthusiasts demanding maximum graphics might take note.

NVIDIA A2 by NVIDIA is not overlooked completely, though the performance shortfall compared to Radeon RTX 3080 is tough to ignore. For value-focused consumers, NVIDIA A2 by NVIDIA might still make sense when its reduced asking price accounts for its reduced frame rates. However, for maximum rendering throughput, Radeon RTX 3080 stands as the undisputed choice. This determination is clear. Speed chasers will shift toward Radeon RTX 3080.

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

RTX 3080

Core Specs

Shading Units

1,280

8,704 +580.0%

Shaders

1,280

8,704 +580.0%

TMUs

272 +580.0%

ROPs

96 +200.0%

SM Count

68 +580.0%

Clocks

Base Clock

1440 MHz

Boost Clock

1770 MHz

1710 MHz

Memory Clock

1563 MHz 12.5 Gbps effective

1188 MHz 19 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size

16 GB

10 GB

VRAM (MB)

16,384

10,240 -37.5%

Memory Type

GDDR6

GDDR6X

Memory Bus

128 bit

320 bit

Bandwidth

200.1 GB/s

760.3 GB/s

Cache

L1 Cache

128 KB (per SM)

L2 Cache

2 MB

5 MB

Performance

Pixel Rate

56.64 GPixel/s

164.2 GPixel/s

Texture Rate

70.80 GTexel/s

465.1 GTexel/s

FP32 (TFLOPS)

4.531 TFLOPS

29.77 TFLOPS

FP64 (TFLOPS)

70.80 GFLOPS (1:64)

465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)

FP16 (TFLOPS)

4.531 TFLOPS (1:1)

29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)

AI/RT

RT Cores

68 +580.0%

Tensor Cores

272 +580.0%

Power

TDP

60 W

320 W

TDP (W)

320 +433.3%

Suggested PSU

250 W

700 W

Power Connectors

None

1x 12-pin

Architecture

Ampere

GPU Name

GA107

GA102

Generation

Workstation Ampere (Ax000)

GeForce 30

Process Size

8 nm

Transistors

8,700 million

28,300 million

Die Size

200 mm²

628 mm²

Foundry

Samsung

Density

43.5M / mm²

45.1M / mm²

API Support

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

OpenGL

4.6

Vulkan

1.4

OpenCL

3.0

CUDA

8.6

Shader Model

6.8

Physical

Slot Width

Single-slot

Dual-slot

Length

—

285 mm 11.2 inches

Height

—

112 mm 4.4 inches

Outputs

No outputs

1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a

Bus Interface

PCIe 4.0 x8

PCIe 4.0 x16

Other

Launch Price

—

699 USD

Production

End-of-life

Predecessor

Quadro Turing

GeForce 20

Successor

Workstation Ada

GeForce 40

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