RTX 2000 Ada Generation – not to be confused with RTX A2000
Next time you’re shopping for a workstation GPU, don’t make the mistake of confusing the RTX 2000 with the RTX A2000. The new GPU is part of the “Ada generation”, so obviously “A” exist A2000 stands for “A“Da”, right? Wrong! That’s AOf course Mpere.so Ada is without “”A” before 2000 – but Ada also starts with an A.So RTX 2000 is ADahe RTX ANot so in 2000. knew?
Naming aside, the new card offers 16GB of VRAM, 4GB more than the previous generation RTX A2000 (12GB), as well as Ada Lovelace’s architectural improvements over Ampere, including (via NVIDIA):
- Third generation RT core: Ray tracing performance is improved by up to 1.7x, enabling high-fidelity, realistic rendering.
- Fourth generation tensor core: Up to 1.8x AI throughput compared to the previous generation, with structured sparsity and FP8 precision, delivering higher inference performance for AI acceleration tools and applications.
- CUDA color: Up to 1.5x the throughput of the previous generation FP32, significantly improving performance for graphics and computing workloads.
- Power Efficiency: Up to 2x performance improvement for professional graphics, rendering, AI and computing workloads, all with the same 70W power as the previous generation.
- Immersive workflow: The performance of virtual reality workflows is improved by 3 times compared to the previous generation.
- 16GB GPU memory: The expanded canvas enables users to work on larger projects and supports error-correcting code memory, providing greater computational accuracy and reliability for mission-critical applications.
- DLSS 3: A breakthrough in AI-driven graphics that significantly improves performance by generating additional high-quality frames.
- AV1 encoder: The eighth-generation NVIDIA encoder (aka NVENC) supports AV1 and is 40% more efficient than H.264, opening new possibilities for broadcasters, streamers and video callers.