NVIDIA A10G vs NVIDIA A40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10G and NVIDIA A40 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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA A10G

NVIDIA A40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10G

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1305 MHz
2x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18773 vs 14665

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 5 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	18773 vs 14665

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 492.5 GTexel/s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 9216
4x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 12 GB
Around 16% higher memory clock speed: 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)
Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193736 vs 162777
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 627 vs 578

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 492.5 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 9216
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	193736 vs 162777
PassMark - G2D Mark	627 vs 578

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A10G
GPU 2: NVIDIA A40

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

162777

193736

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

578

627

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

18773

14665

Name	NVIDIA A10G	NVIDIA A40
Geekbench - OpenCL	162777	193736
PassMark - G2D Mark	578	627
PassMark - G3D Mark	18773	14665

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A10G	NVIDIA A40
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA102
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	57	54
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1305 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	985.0 GFLOPS (1:32)	1169 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.52 TFLOPS (1:1)	37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	31.52 TFLOPS	37.42 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9216	10752
Pixel fill rate	164.2 GPixel/s	194.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	492.5 GTexel/s	584.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	8-pin EPS
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	600.2 GB/s	695.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6