NVIDIA A10G vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA A10G

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10G

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 492.5 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
Around 6% higher pipelines: 9216 vs 8704
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 320 Watt
Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 10 GB
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 1 Sep 2020
Texture fill rate	492.5 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9216 vs 8704
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 320 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 10 GB
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167014 vs 162777
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1043 vs 578
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25211 vs 18773

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	167014 vs 162777
PassMark - G2D Mark	1043 vs 578
PassMark - G3D Mark	25211 vs 18773

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A10G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

162777

167014

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

578

1043

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

18773

25211

Name	NVIDIA A10G	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Geekbench - OpenCL	162777	167014
PassMark - G2D Mark	578	1043
PassMark - G3D Mark	18773	25211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6022.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2381.93
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		17755

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A10G	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA102
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	57	55
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	985.0 GFLOPS (1:32)	465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.52 TFLOPS (1:1)	29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	31.52 TFLOPS	29.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9216	8704
Pixel fill rate	164.2 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	492.5 GTexel/s	465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	28300 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	Single-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Height		40 mm, 1.6 inches
API support
DirectX	12.2	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	10 GB
Memory bandwidth	600.2 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	320 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X