NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Around 92% higher texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 6912 vs 5888
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
5x more maximum memory size: 40 GB vs 8 GB
Around 61% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 201255 vs 124848
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 27823 vs 13566
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 27823 vs 13566
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 51880 vs 31930
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 51880 vs 31930

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6912 vs 5888
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	40 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	201255 vs 124848
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	27823 vs 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	27823 vs 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	51880 vs 31930
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	51880 vs 31930

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1725 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 82% lower typical power consumption: 220 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 31716 vs 21006
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 31716 vs 21006

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Sep 2020 vs 14 May 2020
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Boost clock speed	1725 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt vs 400 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	31716 vs 21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	31716 vs 21006

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

201255

124848

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21006

31716

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21006

31716

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27823

13566

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27823

13566

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51880

31930

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51880

31930

Name	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Geekbench - OpenCL	201255	124848
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21006	31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21006	31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	27823	13566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	27823	13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	51880	31930
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	51880	31930
PassMark - G3D Mark		22409
PassMark - G2D Mark		999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		452.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		40.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		184.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1634.218
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		13611

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA104
Launch date	14 May 2020	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	12	41
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	1725 MHz
Core clock speed	1095 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)	317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)	20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	19.49 TFLOPS	20.31 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6912	5888
Pixel fill rate	225.6 GPixel/s	165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s	317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	220 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	800 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Height		112 mm (4.4 inches)
Length		242 mm, 9.5 inches
Width		112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	40 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	1555 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6