NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB vs NVIDIA RTX A5000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB and NVIDIA RTX A5000 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).

NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

NVIDIA RTX A5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 433.9 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 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 201255 vs 154662
7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 27823 vs 3714
7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 27823 vs 3714
15.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 51880 vs 3355
15.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 51880 vs 3355

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 433.9 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	40 GB vs 24 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	201255 vs 154662
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	27823 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	27823 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	51880 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	51880 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1170 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 19% higher pipelines: 8192 vs 6912
Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22508 vs 21006
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22508 vs 21006

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 14 May 2020
Core clock speed	1170 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Pipelines	8192 vs 6912
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt vs 400 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	22508 vs 21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	22508 vs 21006

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A5000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

201255

154662

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21006

22508

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21006

22508

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27823

3714

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27823

3714

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51880

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51880

3355

Name	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB	NVIDIA RTX A5000
Geekbench - OpenCL	201255	154662
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21006	22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21006	22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	27823	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	27823	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	51880	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	51880	3355
PassMark - G3D Mark		22907
PassMark - G2D Mark		1042
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		581.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6836.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		54.372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		191.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2038.811

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB	NVIDIA RTX A5000
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA102
Launch date	14 May 2020	12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating	11	65
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	1095 MHz	1170 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)	867.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)	27.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	19.49 TFLOPS	27.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6912	8192
Pixel fill rate	225.6 GPixel/s	162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s	433.9 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	230 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort
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 8-pin
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Width		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12.2
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.6
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	40 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	1555 GB/s	768 GB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6