NVIDIA A40 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A40 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 A40

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
Around 24% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 8704
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 320 Watt
4.8x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 10 GB
Around 53% higher memory clock speed: 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193429 vs 166827

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 Oct 2020 vs 1 Sep 2020
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 8704
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 320 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 10 GB
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	193429 vs 166827

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1039 vs 627
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25245 vs 14665

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1039 vs 627
PassMark - G3D Mark	25245 vs 14665

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A40
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

193429

166827

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

627

1039

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

14665

25245

Name	NVIDIA A40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Geekbench - OpenCL	193429	166827
PassMark - G2D Mark	627	1039
PassMark - G3D Mark	14665	25245
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		17753

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA102
Launch date	5 Oct 2020	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	53	54
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	1305 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1169 GFLOPS (1:32)	465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)	29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS	29.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10752	8704
Pixel fill rate	194.9 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s	465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	28300 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)	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 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	48 GB	10 GB
Memory bandwidth	695.8 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	320 bit
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X