NVIDIA has announced the availability of the RTX 2000 Ada Generation, a new GPU designed to deliver the latest AI, graphics, and compute technology to compact workstations. The GPU, which features 16 GB of memory and is said to offer 1.5x the performance of the previous-generation RTX A2000, is complemented by the release of a new RTX Enterprise Driver that is now available to download.
Availability/pricing:
- $625
- Available now from global distribution partners (e.g., Arrow Electronics, Ingram Micro, Leadtek, PNY, Ryoyo Electro, TD SYNNEX)
- Will also be available from Dell Technologies, HP, and Lenovo starting in April
Specs:
RTX 2000 ADA features:
- Third-generation RT Cores: Up to 1.7x faster ray-tracing performance for high-fidelity, photorealistic rendering.
- Fourth-generation Tensor Cores: Up to 1.8x AI throughput over the previous generation, with structured sparsity and FP8 precision to enable higher inference performance for AI-accelerated tools and applications.
- CUDA cores: Up to 1.5x the FP32 throughput of the previous generation for significant performance improvements in graphics and compute workloads.
- Power efficiency: Up to a 2x performance boost across professional graphics, rendering, AI and compute workloads, all within the same 70W of power as the previous generation.
- Immersive workflows: Up to 3x performance for virtual-reality workflows over the previous generation.
- 16GB of GPU memory: An expanded canvas enables users to tackle larger projects, along with support for error correction code memory to deliver greater computing accuracy and reliability for mission-critical applications.
- DLSS 3: Delivers a breakthrough in AI-powered graphics, significantly boosting performance by generating additional high-quality frames.
- AV1 encoder: Eighth-generation NVIDIA Encoder, aka NVENC, with AV1 support is 40% more efficient than H.264, enabling new possibilities for broadcasters, streamers and video callers.
New RTC Enterprise Driver features:
- Video TrueHDR expands the color range and brightness levels when viewing content in Chrome or Edge browsers
- TensorRT-LLM, an open-source library that optimizes and accelerates inference performance for the latest large language models on NVIDIA GPUs.
- Video quality improvement and enhanced coding efficiency to video codecs through bit depth expansion techniques and new low-delay B frame.
- Ability to offload work from the CPU to the GPU with the execute indirect extension NVIDIA API for quicker task completion.
- Ability to display the GPU serial number in the NV Control Panel on desktops for easier registration to the NVIDIA AI Enterprise and NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise platforms.
NVIDIA on the RTX 2000 Ada:
Modern multi-application workflows, such as AI-powered tools, multi-display setups and high-resolution content, put significant demands on GPU memory. With 16GB of memory in the RTX 2000 Ada, professionals can tap the latest technologies and tools to work faster and better with their data.
Powered by NVIDIA RTX technology, the new GPU delivers impressive realism in graphics with NVIDIA DLSS, delivering ultra-high-quality, photorealistic ray-traced images more than 3x faster than before. In addition, the RTX 2000 Ada enables an immersive experience for enterprise virtual-reality workflows, such as for product design and engineering design reviews.
Quotes:
- “The new RTX 2000 Ada Generation GPU boasts impressive features compared to previous generations, with a compact design that offers exceptional performance and versatility,” said Mark Kauffman, assistant vice president and technical lead at WSP. “Its 16GB of RAM is a game-changer, enabling smooth loading of asset-heavy content, and its ability to run applications like Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe After Effects and Unreal Engine, as well as support path tracing, expands my creative possibilities.”
- “The new NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada — with its higher-efficiency, next-generation architecture, low power consumption and large frame buffer — will benefit SOLIDWORKS users,” said Olivier Zegdoun, graphics applications research and development director for SOLIDWORKS at Dassault Systèmes. “It delivers excellent performance for designers and engineers to accelerate the development of innovative product experiences with full-model fidelity, even with larger datasets.”
- “Today’s design and visualization workflows demand more advanced compute and horsepower,” said Rob Wolkers, owner and senior industrial design engineer at Rob Wolkers Design and Engineering. “Equipped with next-generation architecture and a large frame buffer, the RTX 2000 Ada Generation GPU improves productivity in my everyday industrial design and engineering workflows, allowing me to work with large datasets in full fidelity and generate renders with more lighting and reflection scenarios 3x faster.”