NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 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 3090

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 556.0 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 67% higher maximum memory size: 40 GB vs 24 GB
Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 201508 vs 188320
7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 27823 vs 3713
7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 27823 vs 3713
15.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 51880 vs 3354
15.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 51880 vs 3354

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 556.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	40 GB vs 24 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	201508 vs 188320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	27823 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	27823 vs 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	51880 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	51880 vs 3354

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 52% higher pipelines: 10496 vs 6912
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 350 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 33398 vs 21006
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 33398 vs 21006

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Sep 2020 vs 14 May 2020
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Pipelines	10496 vs 6912
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt vs 400 Watt
Memory clock speed	1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	33398 vs 21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	33398 vs 21006

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

201508

188320

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21006

33398

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21006

33398

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27823

3713

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27823

3713

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51880

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51880

3354

Name	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Geekbench - OpenCL	201508	188320
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21006	33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21006	33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	27823	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	27823	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	51880	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	51880	3354
PassMark - G3D Mark		26815
PassMark - G2D Mark		1051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		732.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		7585.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		63.011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		247.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2441.384
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		19877

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA102
Launch date	14 May 2020	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	12	40
Launch price (MSRP)		$1499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	1095 MHz	1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)	556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)	35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	19.49 TFLOPS	35.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6912	10496
Pixel fill rate	225.6 GPixel/s	189.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s	556.0 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, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
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		138 mm (5.4 inches)
Length		313 mm (12.3 inches)
Width		Triple-slot
API support
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
DirectX		12.2
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.5
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	40 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	1555 GB/s	936.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)	1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6X