NVIDIA A40 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A40 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1305 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1560 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 249.6 GTexel/s
2.1x more pipelines: 10752 vs 5120
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

Core clock speed	1305 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 249.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 5120
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 5 Oct 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	NVIDIA A40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Geekbench - OpenCL	193594
PassMark - G2D Mark	627
PassMark - G3D Mark	14665
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		26458
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		26458
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		12868
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		12868
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		20579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		20579

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA104
Launch date	5 Oct 2020	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	52	49
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	1305 MHz	1110 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1169 GFLOPS (1:32)	249.6 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)	15.97 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS	15.97 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10752	5120
Pixel fill rate	194.9 GPixel/s	124.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s	249.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	None
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)
Height		PCIe 4.0 x16
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
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready