NVIDIA A40 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A40 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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 A40

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Around 84% higher texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Around 83% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 5888
6x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 8 GB
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 50% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 187606 vs 124865

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 Oct 2020 vs 1 Sep 2020
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 5888
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	187606 vs 124865

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 220 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 999 vs 589
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22409 vs 13371

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	999 vs 589
PassMark - G3D Mark	22409 vs 13371

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A40
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

187606

124865

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

589

999

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13371

22409

Name	NVIDIA A40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Geekbench - OpenCL	187606	124865
PassMark - G2D Mark	589	999
PassMark - G3D Mark	13371	22409
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		452.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		40.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		184.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1634.218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		31930
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		13611

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA104
Launch date	5 Oct 2020	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	60	41
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1725 MHz
Core clock speed	1305 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1169 GFLOPS (1:32)	317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)	20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS	20.31 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10752	5888
Pixel fill rate	194.9 GPixel/s	165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s	317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	220 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Height		112 mm (4.4 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	48 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	695.8 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6