NVIDIA A40 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A40 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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 - 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 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 532.8 GTexel/s
Around 5% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 10240
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 350 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 12 GB
Around 53% higher memory clock speed: 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 532.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 10240
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 209081 vs 193736
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1087 vs 627
Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 27094 vs 14665

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 May 2021 vs 5 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	1365 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	209081 vs 193736
PassMark - G2D Mark	1087 vs 627
PassMark - G3D Mark	27094 vs 14665

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

193736

209081

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

627

1087

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

14665

27094

Name	NVIDIA A40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Geekbench - OpenCL	193736	209081
PassMark - G2D Mark	627	1087
PassMark - G3D Mark	14665	27094
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		497.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		661.977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		60.265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		128.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2390.028
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		34770
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		34770
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		19794

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA102
Launch date	5 Oct 2020	31 May 2021
Place in performance rating	54	56
Launch price (MSRP)		$1199
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1665 MHz
Core clock speed	1305 MHz	1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1169 GFLOPS (1:32)	532.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)	34.10 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS	34.10 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10752	10240
Pixel fill rate	194.9 GPixel/s	186.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s	532.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	350 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	750 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	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	695.8 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X