NVIDIA A40 vs AMD Radeon Pro V520

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A40 and AMD Radeon Pro V520 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, 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).

NVIDIA A40

AMD Radeon Pro V520

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

Around 31% higher core clock speed: 1305 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 230.4 GTexel/s
4.7x more pipelines: 10752 vs 2304
6x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 8 GB
Around 81% higher memory clock speed: 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 187606 vs 61570
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 589 vs 525
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13371 vs 12258

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1305 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 230.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 2304
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	187606 vs 61570
PassMark - G2D Mark	589 vs 525
PassMark - G3D Mark	13371 vs 12258

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro V520

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	1 Dec 2020 vs 5 Oct 2020
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A40
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro V520

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

187606

61570

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

589

525

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13371

12258

Name	NVIDIA A40	AMD Radeon Pro V520
Geekbench - OpenCL	187606	61570
PassMark - G2D Mark	589	525
PassMark - G3D Mark	13371	12258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		13220
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		13220
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		16807
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		16807
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		37642
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		37642

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A40	AMD Radeon Pro V520
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 1.0
Code name	GA102	Navi 12
Launch date	5 Oct 2020	1 Dec 2020
Place in performance rating	60	61
Type		Server
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1600 MHz
Core clock speed	1305 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1169 GFLOPS (1:32)	460.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)	14.75 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS	7.373 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10752	2304
Pixel fill rate	194.9 GPixel/s	102.4 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s	230.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million
Compute units		36
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	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)	700 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	111 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	695.8 GB/s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	2048 bit
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)	1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2