Wednesday, August 11th 2021

NVIDIA Launches RTX A2000: GA106, 3328 Cores, 6 GB, Low-Profile, $450

With its powerful real-time raytracing and AI acceleration capabilities, NVIDIA RTX technology has transformed design and visualization workflows for the most complex tasks, like designing airplanes and automobiles, visual effects in movies and large-scale architectural design. The new NVIDIA RTX A2000—our most compact, power-efficient GPU for a wide range of standard and small-form-factor workstations—makes it easier to access RTX from anywhere.

The RTX A2000 is designed for everyday workflows, so professionals can develop photorealistic renderings, build physically accurate simulations and use AI-accelerated tools. With it, artists can create beautiful 3D worlds, architects can design and virtually explore the next generation of smart buildings and homes, and engineers can create energy-efficient and autonomous vehicles that will drive us into the future. The GPU has 6 GB of memory capacity with error correction code (ECC) to maintain data integrity for uncompromised computing accuracy and reliability, which especially benefits the healthcare and financial services fields.

Editor's Note: The RTX A2000 desktop is completely different to the RTX A2000 for mobile. A2000 mobile is built using GA107, with 2560 GPU cores, 32 ROPs, 4 GB GDDR6 128-bit, the desktop A2000 uses GA106, 3328 cores, 48 ROPs, 6 GB GDDR6 192 bit.
With remote work part of the new normal, simultaneous collaboration with colleagues on projects across the globe is critical. NVIDIA RTX technology powers Omniverse, our collaboration and simulation platform that enables teams to iterate together on a single 3D design in real time while working across different software applications. The A2000 will serve as a portal into this world for millions of designers.

Customer Adoption
Among the first to tap into the RTX A2000 are Avid, Cuhaci & Peterson and Gilbane Building Company.

"The A2000 from NVIDIA has made our modeling flow faster and more efficient. No longer are we sitting and wasting valuable time for graphics to render, and panning around complex geometry has become smoother," said Connor Reddington, mechanical engineer and certified SOLIDWORKS professional at Avid Product Development, a Lubrizol Company.

"Introducing RT Cores into the NVIDIA RTX A2000 has resulted in impressive rendering speedups for photorealistic visualization compared to the previous generation GPUs," said Steven Blevins, director of Digital Practice at Cuhaci & Peterson.

"The small form factor and low power usage of the NVIDIA RTX A2000 is extraordinary and ensures fitment in just about any existing workstation chassis," said Ken Grothman, virtual design and construction manager at Gilbane Building Company.

Next-Generation RTX Technology
The NVIDIA RTX A2000 is the most powerful low-profile, dual-slot GPU for professionals. It combines the latest-generation RT Cores, Tensor Cores and CUDA cores with 6 GB of ECC graphics memory in a compact form factor to fit a wide range of systems.

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 features the latest technologies in the NVIDIA Ampere architecture:
  • Second-Generation RT Cores: Real-time raytracing for all professional workflows. Up to 5x the rendering performance from the previous generation with RTX on.
  • Third-Generation Tensor Cores: Available in the GPU architecture to enable AI-augmented tools and applications.
  • CUDA Cores: Up to 2x the FP32 throughput of the previous generation for significant increases in graphics and compute workloads.
  • Up to 6 GB of GPU Memory: Supports ECC memory, the first time that NVIDIA has enabled ECC memory in its 2000 series GPUs, for error-free computing.
  • PCIe Gen 4: Double the throughput with more than 40 percent bandwidth improvement from the previous generation for accelerating data paths in and out of the GPU.
Availability
The NVIDIA RTX A2000 desktop GPU will be available in workstations from manufacturers including ASUS, BOXX Technologies, Dell Technologies, HP and Lenovo as well as NVIDIA's global distribution partners starting in October.
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17 Comments on NVIDIA Launches RTX A2000: GA106, 3328 Cores, 6 GB, Low-Profile, $450

#1
Hardcore Games
I guess since HPE bought Cray the end of era in supercomputing has faded into obscurity.

The A100 is not all that powerful for a lot of work that can be done
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#2
wolf
Better Than Native
An RTX 3060 "LE" 6gb Low Profile would be an awesome card for Ultra SFF builds. If memory serves, at the same wattages the laptop RTX 3060 runs considerably faster than the laptop 3050Ti, I know performance would be really quite chopped back @ ~70w, but it would be the fastest LP card money could buy.
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#3
Vya Domus
6GB is dismal, especially for a GPU aimed at compute workloads.
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#4
W1zzard
Added a note regarding differences between RTX A2000 desktop (this announcement) and RTX A2000 mobile (launched in April)
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#5
Vayra86
Ahw, a poor man's quadro for those who can't afford a Geforce.

Wait...
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#6
Berfs1
just watch as this gets scalped for 800$...
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#7
Richards
Its a clean design... Nvidia are stingy with vram
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#8
Solaris17
Super Dainty Moderator
Perfect! This is a god send for my server!
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#9
WonkoTheSaneUK
Not yet, dammit! I work in a 3DCAD office, and they were just about to drop mega cash on A4000's for all our PCs.
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#10
Cheese_On_tsaot
So can this play the sims and is it an upgrade over a 2060?
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#11
Tomgang
All right nvidia, you got the workstation card.

Now gives us a similar card for desktop gaming. A card like this just as a rtx card would seem like a nice card over my GTX 1650 LP card I have now and combine a card like this with the rtx 3080 ti I hope to get with in 2 months. Seems like a nice gpu combo for the dual system i have.

But a cheaper rtx 3050. 450 usd is way to much.
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#12
ixi
But can it game?
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#13
MentalAcetylide
ixiBut can it game?
Crysis? :laugh:
Vya Domus6GB is dismal, especially for a GPU aimed at compute workloads.
And near useless when it comes to iray rendering. A scene having a single character with basic hair, clothing, environment, etc., would easily exceed 6Gb VRAM unless you opt to go with low res textures on all surfaces, which defeats the purpose of photorealism.
"Introducing RT Cores into the NVIDIA RTX A2000 has resulted in impressive rendering speedups for photorealistic visualization compared to the previous generation GPUs," said Steven Blevins, director of Digital Practice at Cuhaci & Peterson.
Unless I'm missing something here, I just can't imagine them rendering with a whole lot of geometry or textures in iray on one of these cards. Given the desire for photorealism & working with complex geometry, I'm surprised they're not using at least an RTX A4000.

While I'm sure these cards do have their uses, I really don't think iray rendering would be one of them. No way... not with only 6Gb VRAM, and as far as I know, iray isn't capable of out-of-core rendering where both the card & cpu can render the same thing together. It either all fits on the card & renders, or it doesn't and gets kicked off to the cpu and renders slower than molasses(i.e. a 30 minute render turns into a 8-10hrs+) .
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#14
defaultluser
So, when does the rest of the market get a 6GB cut 3060 running at 120w? You guys are already giving the laptop people the best parts, but instea you decide these should be redirected to a pointless 6gb Quadro
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#15
MentalAcetylide
defaultluserSo, when does the rest of the market get a 6GB cut 3060 running at 120w? You guys are already giving the laptop people the best parts, but instea you decide these should be redirected to a pointless 6gb Quadro
lol, I'm still wondering wtf purpose these cards serve. They must be useful for something, otherwise NVidia wouldn't bother making this $500 card(approx. MSRP). I'm guessing its a "bottom of the barrel" RTX Quadro card for first-timers that want to experiment/build with really basic stuff.
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#16
Vayra86
MentalAcetylidelol, I'm still wondering wtf purpose these cards serve. They must be useful for something, otherwise NVidia wouldn't bother making this $500 card(approx. MSRP). I'm guessing its a "bottom of the barrel" RTX Quadro card for first-timers that want to experiment/build with really basic stuff.
Creators in the attic, students.
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#17
WonkoTheSaneUK
MentalAcetylidelol, I'm still wondering wtf purpose these cards serve. They must be useful for something, otherwise NVidia wouldn't bother making this $500 card(approx. MSRP). I'm guessing its a "bottom of the barrel" RTX Quadro card for first-timers that want to experiment/build with really basic stuff.
See my post above.

We're currently struggling with Quadro K2200 (2 GB Kepler) cards that have just been EOL'd by Nvidia & Solidworks.
Our beancounters will likely switch from the proposed shiny new, A4000-equipped PCs, to just buying one of these for each existing, already worn-out machine in the dept.
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