NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 532.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
3.3x more maximum memory size: 40 GB vs 12 GB
Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 27823 vs 3718
7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 27823 vs 3718
15.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 51880 vs 3359
15.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 51880 vs 3359

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 532.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	40 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	27823 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	27823 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	51880 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	51880 vs 3359

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 48% higher pipelines: 10240 vs 6912
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 350 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 209081 vs 200738
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 34770 vs 21006
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 34770 vs 21006

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 May 2021 vs 14 May 2020
Core clock speed	1365 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Pipelines	10240 vs 6912
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt vs 400 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	209081 vs 200738
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	34770 vs 21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	34770 vs 21006

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

200738

209081

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21006

34770

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21006

34770

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27823

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27823

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51880

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51880

3359

Name	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Geekbench - OpenCL	200738	209081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21006	34770
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21006	34770
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	27823	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	27823	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	51880	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	51880	3359
PassMark - G3D Mark		26935
PassMark - G2D Mark		1088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		485.179
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		661.977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		60.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		129.036
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2441.001
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5077

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA102
Launch date	14 May 2020	31 May 2021
Place in performance rating	7	60
Launch price (MSRP)		$1199
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	1665 MHz
Core clock speed	1095 MHz	1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)	532.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)	34.10 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	19.49 TFLOPS	34.10 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6912	10240
Pixel fill rate	225.6 GPixel/s	186.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s	532.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	350 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	750 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	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	1555 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6X