EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0
vs
PNY RTX A2000 12GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The PNY RTX A2000 12GB is based on the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 288 GB/s.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 has the GM204-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The PNY RTX A2000 12GB is based on the graphics chip GA106, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 GPU PNY RTX A2000 12GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip GA106
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Ampere
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 26
1664 Shader 3328
56 Render Output Units 48
104 Texture Units 104
0 Raytracing Cores 26

Memory

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the PNY RTX A2000 12GB is 12.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.500 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 12.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 288 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.216 GHz Base Clock 0.562 GHz
1.367 GHz Boost Clock 1.200 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 is powered by 2 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 145 W.

The PNY RTX A2000 12GB has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 70 W.

145 W TDP 70 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The PNY RTX A2000 12GB has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0.

The PNY RTX A2000 12GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports --
1x DP v1.2 DP Ports 4x DP v1.4
2 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the PNY RTX A2000 12GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The PNY RTX A2000 12GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

241 mm Length 168 mm
111 mm Height 69 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q3/2014.

The PNY RTX A2000 12GB came on the market in Q4/2021 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

04G-P4-2978-KR Part-no VCNRTXA200012GB-PB
Q3/2014 Release date Q4/2021
299 $ Launch Price 449 $
28 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

PNY RTX A2000 12GB PNY RTX A2000 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
3419

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

PNY RTX A2000 12GB PNY RTX A2000 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
1437

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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