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.

 

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 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193594 vs 165608
  • 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 193594 vs 165608
PassMark - G2D Mark 627 vs 578

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A10G
GPU 2: NVIDIA A40

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
165608
193594
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 165608 193594
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 56 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