Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada) vs 2000 Laptop (Ada)

We compared two discrete laptop professional GPUs: the Nvidia RTX 3000 Mobile (Ada) with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the 2000 Mobile (Ada) that utilizes 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
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

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 2000 Mobile (Ada) over RTX 3000 Mobile (Ada)
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)
  • Performs slightly better (up to 18%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 37% higher maximum theoretical performance (19.9 vs 14.5 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 17% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 61 vs 52 FPS
  • Supports error correction code (ECC) memory
  • Features 48 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
  • Achieves 46% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (119K vs 81K)
  • Has 50% more shading units (4608 vs 3072)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
117
73
60
41
103
63
52
35
The Witcher 3
130
103
76
39
111
93
66
35
Counter-Strike 2
187
135
101
49
168
123
86
40
Far Cry 6
97
86
69
37
86
79
59
33
Hogwarts Legacy
67
55
42
23
61
48
36
19
CoD: Modern Warfare III
85
73
53
36
74
66
45
30
Ghost of Tsushima
68
49
37
24
56
43
31
20
Cyberpunk 2077
71
66
36
17
63
53
33
12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
113
103
73
37
97
90
61
31
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 104 91
1080p Ultra 83 73
1440p Ultra 61 52
4K Ultra 34 28
Margin of Error High High

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Time Spy 8373 7446
Solar Bay 36647 30392
Port Royal 5210 4537
Fire Strike 20658 18845
Wild Life Extreme 14678 14651
Night Raid 51077 76011
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 196.1 img/sec 149.7 img/sec
Face Detection 118.9 img/sec 88.5 img/sec
Horizon Detection 4.22 Gpixels/sec 3.24 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 5.54 Gpixels/sec 4.3 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 6.07 Gpixels/sec 4.3 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.4 Gpixels/sec 1.06 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 573 Gpixels/sec 278.2 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 17661.3 FPS 9706.8 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark 542 600
DirectX 11 141 FPS 123 FPS
DirectX 12 79 FPS 66 FPS
GPU Compute 6048 Ops/s 5624 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6]345 & 2156 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Sources: Blender [9], [10]16 & 146 samples

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 7093 6324
Image Segmentation (HP) 14759 13952
Image Super Resolution (Q) 23321 19043
Face Detection (HP) 29211 28439
Pose Estimation (Q) 87917 69947
Text Classification (SP) 3395 2887
Machine Translation (HP) 3464 3267
Object Detection (SP) 8181 7742
Depth Estimation (Q) 30150 29911
Style Transfer (SP) 167055 131880
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada) and 2000 Laptop (Ada)

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released March 21, 2023 March 21, 2023
Case Laptop Laptop
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 Ultra 7 165H or above
Laptop GPU ranking (31st and 57th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Boost Clock 1165-2160 MHz (configurable) 1245-2360 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 4608 3072
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 144 96
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 36 24
Tensor Cores 144 96
Ray-tracing Cores 36 24
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 32MB shared 32MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 56-104 GPixel/s 60-113 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 168-311 GTexel/s 120-227 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
10.7-19.9 TFLOPS
7.6-14.5 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 35-140 W (configurable) 35-140 W (configurable)
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
Die Size 188 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor Count 22.9 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor Density 121.81 MTr/mm² 118.87 MTr/mm²
Max. Temperature 95°C 95°C

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 8 GB 8 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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