NVIDIA A40 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A40 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 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 - 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 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

Around 72% higher texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 339.8 GTexel/s
Around 75% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 6144
6x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 8 GB
Around 53% higher memory clock speed: 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 187935 vs 138662

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 339.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 6144
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	187935 vs 138662

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 290 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1053 vs 589
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 23661 vs 13371

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 May 2021 vs 5 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	1575 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	290 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1053 vs 589
PassMark - G3D Mark	23661 vs 13371

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

187935

138662

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

589

1053

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13371

23661

Name	NVIDIA A40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Geekbench - OpenCL	187935	138662
PassMark - G2D Mark	589	1053
PassMark - G3D Mark	13371	23661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		342.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		42.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		146.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1807.647
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		31420
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8004
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		31420
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8004
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		14960

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA104
Launch date	5 Oct 2020	31 May 2021
Place in performance rating	60	56
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1770 MHz
Core clock speed	1305 MHz	1575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1169 GFLOPS (1:32)	339.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)	21.75 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS	21.75 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10752	6144
Pixel fill rate	194.9 GPixel/s	169.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s	339.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	290 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)	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	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	608.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X