Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada) vs 2000 Ada
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Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada
AD107
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the Nvidia RTX 3000 Mobile (Ada) 8 GB with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the 1 year and 1 month older 2000 Ada 16 GB that utilizes 22 pipelines and 2816 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)
- 66% higher maximum theoretical performance (19.9 vs 12 TFLOPS)
- Supports error correction code (ECC) memory
- Features 56 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Achieves 33% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (119K vs 89K)
- Has 64% more shading units (4608 vs 2816)
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada
- Includes 8 GB more video memory
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 117 73 60 41 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 130 103 76 39 |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 187 135 101 49 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 97 86 69 37 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 67 55 42 23 |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 85 73 53 36 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 68 49 37 24 |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 71 66 36 17 |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 113 103 73 37 |
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| 1080p High | 104 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 83 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 61 | - |
| 4K Ultra | 34 | - |
| Margin of Error | High | High |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 8373 | - |
| Solar Bay | 36647 | - |
| Port Royal | 5210 | - |
| Fire Strike | 20658 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 14678 | - |
| Night Raid | 51077 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 196.1 img/sec | 170.5 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 118.9 img/sec | 102.8 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.22 Gpixels/sec | 3.25 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.54 Gpixels/sec | 4.12 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.07 Gpixels/sec | 4.06 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.4 Gpixels/sec | 1.13 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 573 Gpixels/sec | 353.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 17661.3 FPS | 12273.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 542 | 1071 |
| DirectX 11 | 141 FPS | 139 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 79 FPS | 71 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 6048 Ops/s | 7836 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 7093 | 6382 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 14759 | 16489 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 23321 | 17694 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 29211 | 32453 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 87917 | 56937 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3395 | 3097 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3464 | 4324 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 8181 | 7656 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 30150 | 29700 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 167055 | 116441 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada) and 2000 AdaGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | March 21, 2023 | February 12, 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $649 |
| Case | Laptop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Professional | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | AD106 | AD107 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 7 165H or above | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (#31st place)
Desktop GPU rating (#45th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | - | 1620 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1165-2160 MHz (configurable) | 2130 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 2816 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 | 88 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 36 | 22 |
| Tensor Cores | 144 | 88 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 36 | 22 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | 12MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 56-104 GPixel/s | 102 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 168-311 GTexel/s | 187 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| TGP | 35-140 W (configurable) | 70 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 188 mm² | 159 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 22.9 billion | 18 billion |
| Transistor Density | 121.81 MTr/mm² | 113.21 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | 95°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 16000 Mbps | 16000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | Yes | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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