Nvidia RTX A1000 Laptop vs 2000 Laptop (Ada)

We compared two discrete laptop professional GPUs: the Nvidia RTX A1000 Mobile 4 GB with 16 pipelines and 2048 shaders against the 11 months newer 2000 Mobile (Ada) 8 GB 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 A1000 Mobile
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX 2000 Laptop (Ada)
  • Performs significantly better (up to 66%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 2x higher maximum theoretical performance (14.5 vs 7.1 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 58% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 52 vs 33 FPS
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
75
45
35
22
103
63
52
35
The Witcher 3
67
52
37
18
111
93
66
35
Counter-Strike 2
115
78
53
23
168
123
86
40
Far Cry 6
57
51
38
18
86
79
59
33
Hogwarts Legacy
38
29
24
12
61
48
36
19
CoD: Modern Warfare III
46
36
27
18
74
66
45
30
Ghost of Tsushima
36
24
21
10
56
43
31
20
Cyberpunk 2077
38
35
20
9
63
53
33
12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
66
60
40
19
97
90
61
31
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 60 91
1080p Ultra 46 73
1440p Ultra 33 52
4K Ultra 17 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 4657 7446
Solar Bay 21233 30392
Port Royal 577 4537
Fire Strike 12109 18845
Wild Life Extreme - 14651
Night Raid - 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 80.6 img/sec 149.7 img/sec
Face Detection 47.7 img/sec 88.5 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.14 Gpixels/sec 3.24 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 2.82 Gpixels/sec 4.3 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 2 Gpixels/sec 4.3 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.61 Gpixels/sec 1.06 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 199.8 Gpixels/sec 278.2 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 6124.5 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 524 600
DirectX 11 64 FPS 123 FPS
DirectX 12 47 FPS 66 FPS
GPU Compute 3834 Ops/s 5624 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6]1148 & 2156 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
2496.41
Sources: Blender [9], [10]29 & 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) 4109 6324
Image Segmentation (HP) 10426 13952
Image Super Resolution (Q) 8368 19043
Face Detection (HP) 18130 28439
Pose Estimation (Q) 32595 69947
Text Classification (SP) 2340 2887
Machine Translation (HP) 3225 3267
Object Detection (SP) 4684 7742
Depth Estimation (Q) 16324 29911
Style Transfer (SP) 70507 131880
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX A1000 Laptop and 2000 Laptop (Ada)

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released March 30, 2022 March 21, 2023
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Professional Professional
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Ada Lovelace
GPU Codename GA107 AD107
Successor - Nvidia RTX 1000 Laptop (Ada) -
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i7 12800H or above - Intel Core Ultra 7 165H or above
Laptop GPU ranking (92nd and 57th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 712-1530 MHz (configurable) -
Boost Clock 1057-1740 MHz (configurable) 1245-2360 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 2048 3072
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 64 96
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 16 24
Tensor Cores 64 96
Ray-tracing Cores 16 24
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 2MB shared 32MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 34-56 GPixel/s 60-113 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 68-111 GTexel/s 120-227 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
4.3-7.1 TFLOPS
7.6-14.5 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 35-95 W (configurable) 35-140 W (configurable)
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Fabrication Process 8 nm 5 nm
Die Size 200 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor Count 8.7 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor Density 43.5 MTr/mm² 118.87 MTr/mm²
Max. Temperature - 95°C

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 4 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 1375 MHz 2000 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 11000 Mbps 16000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
176 GB/s
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 8.6 8.9
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 3
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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