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NVIDIA RTX A2000

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 is a graphics card released on August 10, 2021, built on the Ampere architecture. It has 3,328 shading units and a boost clock of 1.20 GHz. It scores 13,419 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 3.0 and CUDA compute capability 8.6.

AmpereGA106-850-A1

6/10 key specs recorded · 40 facts

Depth: 26 recorded fields, 10 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, NVIDIA Developer: CUDA GPUs, NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 6 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark NVIDIA Developer: CUDA GPUs NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

3,328cores

Memory

n/a

GDDR6

Boost clock

1.20 GHz

562 MHz base

Board power

n/a

Performance

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 scores 13,419 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 92.3% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #215), measured across 1,144 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 951.

PassMark G3D Mark

13,419

Rank #215
Faster than 92.3% of 2,658 GPUs
1,144 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 171 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 86.6% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 79 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 86.1% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 93 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 83.3% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 55 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 82.7% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 6,232 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 87.4% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA RTX A2000 averages DirectX 9 171 fps, DirectX 10 79 fps, DirectX 11 93 fps, DirectX 12 55 fps and GPU Compute 6,232 ops/s, across 1,144 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

First benchmarked 2021-11-29

Samples 1,144

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA RTX A2000 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB, NVIDIA RTX A2000 8GB Laptop GPU, NVIDIA RTX A2000 Embedded GPU, NVIDIA RTX A2000 Laptop GPU, NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Ampere

Codename GA106-850-A1

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 is based on the Ampere architecture and uses the GA106-850-A1 graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 3,328

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 104

Render output units (ROPs) 48

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 has 3,328 shading units, 104 texture mapping units and 48 render output units.

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA RTX A2000. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA RTX A2000.

Clock speeds

Base clock 562 MHz

Boost clock 1.20 GHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 runs at a base clock of 562 MHz and boosts to 1.20 GHz.

Memory

Size Not recorded

Type GDDR6

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

Market

Launched August 10, 2021

Launch price $449

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series RTX

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 was released on August 10, 2021 and launched at a price of $449.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 13,419

PassMark G2D 951

Rank #215

Samples 1,144

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 supports OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 3.0 and CUDA compute capability 8.6.

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.3

OpenCL 3.0

CUDA compute capability 8.6

Features

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Compute and AI

Supported: CUDA Compute capability 8.6

Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA RTX A2000 supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 supports CUDA (Compute capability 8.6) under Compute and AI.

Media engine

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9. It does not support hardware encode for AV1.

NVIDIA NVENC encoder 7th Generation Encoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-encoding engine, used by streaming and capture software; newer generations encode more efficiently.

NVIDIA NVDEC decoder 5th Generation Decoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-decoding engine; newer generations support more codecs and formats.

Hardware video codec support of the NVIDIA RTX A2000
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Supported4:4:4: Yes	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: Yes; 10-bit: Yes; B-frames: Yes; 8K: Yes	Supported4:4:4: Yes
AV1	Not supported	Supported
VP9	Not stated by the vendor	Supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA RTX A2000: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (7th Generation, encoder engines: 1) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (5th Generation, decoder engines: 1).

Frequently asked questions

How fast is the NVIDIA RTX A2000?

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 scores 13,419 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 92.3% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #215. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 55 fps.

Does the NVIDIA RTX A2000 support AV1 encoding?

No. Feex records AV1 hardware encoding as explicitly not supported on the NVIDIA RTX A2000, although it can decode AV1 in hardware.

What is the CUDA compute capability of the NVIDIA RTX A2000?

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 has CUDA compute capability 8.6.

When was the NVIDIA RTX A2000 released and how much did it cost at launch?

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 was released on August 10, 2021 and launched at a price of $449.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

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Architecture: Ampere (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GA106 -> Ampere. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.