NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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 3080

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 40 GB vs 10 GB
Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 200738 vs 167014
7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 27823 vs 3716
7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 27823 vs 3716
15.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 51880 vs 3356
15.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 51880 vs 3356

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	40 GB vs 10 GB
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	200738 vs 167014
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	27823 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	27823 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	51880 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	51880 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 26% higher pipelines: 8704 vs 6912
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 320 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 34537 vs 21006
Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 34537 vs 21006

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Sep 2020 vs 14 May 2020
Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Pipelines	8704 vs 6912
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt vs 400 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	34537 vs 21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	34537 vs 21006

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

200738

167014

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21006

34537

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21006

34537

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27823

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27823

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51880

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51880

3356

Name	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Geekbench - OpenCL	200738	167014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21006	34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21006	34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	27823	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	27823	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	51880	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	51880	3356
PassMark - G3D Mark		25146
PassMark - G2D Mark		1053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6022.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2381.93
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4420

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA102
Launch date	14 May 2020	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	7	56
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	1095 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)	465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)	29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	19.49 TFLOPS	29.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6912	8704
Pixel fill rate	225.6 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s	465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	28300 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	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Height		40 mm, 1.6 inches
Length		285 mm, 11.2 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	10 GB
Memory bandwidth	1555 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit	320 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6X