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.
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 193594
- Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1088 vs 627
- Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 27118 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 193594 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 1088 vs 627 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 27118 vs 14665 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA A40
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA A40 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti |
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Geekbench - OpenCL | 193594 | 209081 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 627 | 1088 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 14665 | 27118 |
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 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
Code name | GA102 | GA102 |
Launch date | 5 Oct 2020 | 31 May 2021 |
Place in performance rating | 54 | 57 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $1199 | |
Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12.2 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.7 |
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Memory |
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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 |