NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs NVIDIA TITAN V Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The head-to-head data is unambiguous: the NVIDIA TITAN V wins all three recorded comparisons, often by a wide margin. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, the TITAN V scores 3565 against the RTX A2000's 1345, a delta of -62.3% from the A2000's perspective. That means the TITAN V delivers roughly 2.65 times the performance in this DirectX 12 workload, the largest gap of any test in the database. For a workstation card that draws a fraction of the power, the RTX A2000 is simply outclassed in raw rasterization here.

The compute-oriented tests tell a similar story, though the margins narrow slightly. In Geekbench OpenCL, the TITAN V posts 157265 versus 67695 for the A2000, a 57% deficit for the smaller card. The TITAN V's score is more than double, reflecting its 5120 shading units and 640 tensor cores working at much higher clock speeds. The Geekbench Vulkan result follows the same pattern: 152117 for the TITAN V against 69089 for the A2000, a 54.6% gap. Across all three tests, the TITAN V wins every round, and the A2000 records zero wins in the direct comparison.

It is worth noting what these numbers do not show. The A2000's average benchmark score across its entire test history is 46043, while the TITAN V's average is 34355. That apparent contradiction is explained by the fact that the A2000's average is lifted by a different mix of workloads, and its percentile ranking across all GPUs is 85, which is higher than the TITAN V's 79. The direct head-to-head tests, however, are the most controlled comparison available, and they consistently favor the TITAN V. The A2000's nearest rivals in the database, such as the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation (0.2% delta) and the AMD Radeon RX 5600M (-1.2% delta), show that its average sits in a very different performance neighborhood than the TITAN V's peers, which include the NVIDIA RTX A1000 (0.4% delta) and the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB (0.6% delta). The TITAN V's average score is actually lower than its direct head-to-head results would suggest, but the controlled tests remain the clearest signal.

The Verdict

The data points to a simple conclusion: if raw performance in the recorded benchmarks is the only criterion, the NVIDIA TITAN V is the stronger card by a substantial margin. It wins every head-to-head test, with deltas ranging from -54.6% to -62.3% against the RTX A2000. Its FP32 throughput of 14.90 TFLOPS is nearly double the A2000's 7.987 TFLOPS, and its FP16 output of 29.80 TFLOPS is roughly 3.7 times higher. The TITAN V also carries 12 GB of HBM2 memory with 651.3 GB/s of bandwidth, compared to the A2000's 6 GB of GDDR6 at 288.0 GB/s. For compute-heavy tasks that scale with memory capacity and bandwidth, the TITAN V is the obvious choice.

However, the A2000 is not without its arguments. It is a much more recent design, released in August 2021 versus December 2017 for the TITAN V, and it uses a modern 8 nm Samsung process compared to the TITAN V's 12 nm TSMC node. Its power draw is 70 W against 250 W, and it requires no external power connectors, while the TITAN V needs a 6-pin and an 8-pin. The A2000 also supports PCIe 4.0 x16, while the TITAN V is limited to PCIe 3.0 x16. For a system where power delivery, heat, or physical clearance is a concern, the A2000's 167 mm length and 69 mm height make it far easier to install in compact chassis. The TITAN V stretches to 267 mm long, 112 mm tall, and 40 mm wide.

Who should pick which? If the workload is dominated by the three benchmark types recorded here, and the system can handle a 250 W card with a 600 W suggested PSU, the TITAN V delivers dramatically more performance. If the priority is a low-power, low-profile workstation card that still lands in the 85th percentile of all GPUs, the A2000 is the safer engineering choice. The TITAN V's percentile rank of 79 is lower, but that figure is skewed by its broader benchmark history, which includes older DirectX 9, 10, and 11 tests where it scores poorly (213, 153, and 152 respectively). In modern DirectX 12 and compute workloads, the head-to-head results are decisive.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different architectural generations with fundamentally different design priorities. The RTX A2000 is built on the Ampere architecture, using the GA106 chip manufactured on an 8 nm process at Samsung. It packs 12,000 million transistors into a 276 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 43.5 million per square millimeter. The TITAN V, by contrast, uses the Volta architecture with the GV100 chip, built on a 12 nm process at TSMC. Its 21,100 million transistors occupy a massive 815 mm² die, giving a lower density of 25.9 million per square millimeter. The TITAN V's die is nearly three times larger, but the A2000's newer process allows it to pack more transistors per area.

The compute resources differ sharply. The A2000 has 3328 shading units, 104 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs. The TITAN V has 5120 shading units, 320 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. That is a 54% advantage in shader count, a 208% advantage in TMUs, and a 100% advantage in ROPs. The TITAN V also has 640 tensor cores, while the A2000 has 104. The A2000 does include 26 RT cores, which the TITAN V lacks entirely. This is the defining architectural split: the A2000 is a ray-tracing capable Ampere part with dedicated hardware for that workload, while the TITAN V is a pre-RT Volta part that compensates with brute-force compute.

Clock behavior follows the power envelope. The A2000 runs at a 562 MHz base and 1200 MHz boost, while the TITAN V runs at 1200 MHz base and 1455 MHz boost. The TITAN V's higher clocks, combined with its larger shader array, explain its massive FP32 advantage. Memory architecture is equally divergent. The A2000 uses 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, with memory clocked at 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) for 288.0 GB/s bandwidth. The TITAN V uses 12 GB of HBM2 on a 3072-bit bus, with memory at 848 MHz (1696 Mbps effective), delivering 651.3 GB/s. The TITAN V's bandwidth is 2.26 times higher, which matters for large datasets and compute kernels that stream memory.

API support also differs. The A2000 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the TITAN V is limited to DirectX 12 (12_1). Both support OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4. The A2000's display outputs are four mini-DisplayPort 1.4a connectors, while the TITAN V offers one HDMI 2.0 and three DisplayPort 1.4a outputs. Neither card has a game clock listed, and both are marked end-of-life in the database.

FAQ

Q: Which card has more memory and bandwidth?

A: The TITAN V has 12 GB of HBM2 on a 3072-bit bus, with 651.3 GB/s bandwidth. The A2000 has 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, with 288.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Does the RTX A2000 support ray tracing?

A: Yes. The A2000 includes 26 RT cores, while the TITAN V has no RT cores listed. The A2000 also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), whereas the TITAN V is capped at DirectX 12 (12_1).

Q: How big is the performance gap in the recorded benchmarks?

A: The TITAN V wins all three head-to-head tests. The deltas against the A2000 are -62.3% in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, -57% in Geekbench OpenCL, and -54.6% in Geekbench Vulkan.

Q: Which card has higher FP32 and FP16 throughput?

A: The TITAN V delivers 14.90 TFLOPS FP32 and 29.80 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1 ratio). The A2000 delivers 7.987 TFLOPS FP32 and 7.987 TFLOPS FP16 (1:1 ratio).

Q: What are the power requirements?

A: The A2000 has a 70 W TDP, no power connectors, and a suggested PSU of 250 W. The TITAN V has a 250 W TDP, requires one 6-pin and one 8-pin connector, and a suggested PSU of 600 W.

Q: Which card is physically smaller?

A: The A2000 is 167 mm long and 69 mm high. The TITAN V is 267 mm long, 112 mm high, and 40 mm wide. Both are dual-slot cards.

Where Each One Wins

The TITAN V wins every recorded head-to-head benchmark, so the use-case split must be derived from the data beyond those three tests. The TITAN V's strengths are in compute throughput and memory bandwidth. Its FP32 output is 14.90 TFLOPS, its FP16 output is 29.80 TFLOPS, and its 651.3 GB/s bandwidth is more than double the A2000's. It also has 5120 shading units and 640 tensor cores, making it the clear choice for FP16-heavy workloads, large matrix operations, or any task that saturates memory bandwidth. Its average benchmark score of 34355 sits among rivals like the NVIDIA RTX A1000 (0.4% delta) and the NVIDIA T1000 8 GB (-0.6% delta), which suggests it remains competitive in general compute despite its age. The TITAN V also wins on pixel rate (139.7 GPixel/s versus 57.60 GPixel/s) and texture rate (465.6 GTexel/s versus 124.8 GTexel/s), so any workload that is fill-rate bound will favor it.

The A2000 wins in efficiency and modern feature support. Its 70 W TDP means it can run in systems where a 250 W card would require PSU and cooling upgrades. Its lack of power connectors simplifies installation, and its 167 mm length fits in small form factor cases. The A2000 also has RT cores, which the TITAN V lacks, so any DirectX 12 Ultimate workload that uses ray tracing will only run properly on the A2000. Its 26 RT cores and 104 tensor cores provide hardware acceleration that the TITAN V cannot offer, even though the TITAN V has more tensor cores overall. The A2000's newer PCIe 4.0 interface doubles the bus bandwidth versus the TITAN V's PCIe 3.0, which can matter for data transfer to and from the GPU in certain workloads. Its average benchmark score of 46043 places it in the 85th percentile of all GPUs, higher than the TITAN V's 79th percentile, and its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation (0.2% delta) and the Intel Arc A730M (1% delta), indicating a strong overall performance profile for its class.

In practical terms, the TITAN V is the card for compute-heavy, power-tolerant systems where the absolute highest FP32 and FP16 numbers matter. The A2000 is the card for compact, low-power workstations that need modern API support, ray tracing, and a smaller physical footprint. The recorded data does not show the A2000 winning any direct benchmark, but its architectural advantages and efficiency metrics make it a legitimate choice for a different set of priorities.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every major specification category. The A2000 uses the GA106 chip on an 8 nm Samsung process, while the TITAN V uses the GV100 chip on a 12 nm TSMC process. Transistor counts are 12,000 million for the A2000 and 21,100 million for the TITAN V. Die size is 276 mm² versus 815 mm², and transistor density is 43.5 million per mm² versus 25.9 million per mm².

Clock speeds diverge significantly. The A2000 has a 562 MHz base and 1200 MHz boost. The TITAN V has a 1200 MHz base and 1455 MHz boost. Memory clocks are 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) for the A2000 and 848 MHz (1696 Mbps effective) for the TITAN V.

Memory configuration is entirely different. The A2000 has 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s bandwidth. The TITAN V has 12 GB of HBM2 on a 3072-bit bus with 651.3 GB/s bandwidth.

Compute units also differ. The A2000 has 3328 shading units, 104 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The TITAN V has 5120 shading units, 320 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. The A2000 has 26 RT cores and 104 tensor cores. The TITAN V has no RT cores and 640 tensor cores.

Pixel rate is 57.60 GPixel/s for the A2000 and 139.7 GPixel/s for the TITAN V. Texture rate is 124.8 GTexel/s versus 465.6 GTexel/s. FP32 is 7.987 TFLOPS versus 14.90 TFLOPS. FP16 is 7.987 TFLOPS (1:1) versus 29.80 TFLOPS (2:1).

Power and physical specs are starkly different. The A2000 has a 70 W TDP, no power connectors, and a 250 W suggested PSU. The TITAN V has a 250 W TDP, one 6-pin and one 8-pin connector, and a 600 W suggested PSU. The A2000 is 167 mm long and 69 mm high. The TITAN V is 267 mm long, 112 mm high, and 40 mm wide. Both are dual-slot.

Bus interface differs: PCIe 4.0 x16 for the A2000, PCIe 3.0 x16 for the TITAN V. Display outputs are four mini-DisplayPort 1.4a for the A2000 and one HDMI 2.0 plus three DisplayPort 1.4a for the TITAN V. API support shows DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) for the A2000 and DirectX 12 (12_1) for the TITAN V, with both supporting OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4.

Release dates are far apart: the A2000 launched on August 9, 2021, while the TITAN V launched on December 6, 2017. The A2000's predecessor is Quadro Turing and its successor is Workstation Ada. The TITAN V's predecessor is GeForce 900 and its successor is GeForce 20. Both are end-of-life. The launch MSRP for the A2000 is 449 USD, and for the TITAN V it is 2,999 USD.