M3 and RTX A2000 12 GB - video card comparison

M3

RTX A2000 12 GB

Architecture

Rage 4 (1998−1999)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

M3

GA106

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

-

November 2021

Interface

-

PCIe 4.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

-

None

Boost clock speed

-

1200 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

250 nm

8 nm

Number of transistors

8 million

12,000 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

-

3328

Power consumption (TDP)

-

70 Watt

Texture fill rate

-

124.8

Memory type

-

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

-

12 GB

Memory bus width

-

192 Bit

Memory clock speed

-

12 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

-

288.0 GB/s

Display Connectors

-

4x mini-DisplayPort

DirectX

6.0

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

-

8.6

OpenCL

N/A

3.0

OpenGL

1.2

4.6

Shader Model

-

6.6

Vulkan

N/A

1.3