NVIDIA A40 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A40 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 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 3090

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 556.0 GTexel/s
Around 2% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 10496
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 350 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 24 GB
Around 49% higher memory clock speed: 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)

Launch date	5 Oct 2020 vs 1 Sep 2020
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 556.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 10496
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 24 GB
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1051 vs 589
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26817 vs 13371

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	188320 vs 187606
PassMark - G2D Mark	1051 vs 589
PassMark - G3D Mark	26817 vs 13371

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A40
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

187606

188320

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

589

1051

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13371

26817

Name	NVIDIA A40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Geekbench - OpenCL	187606	188320
PassMark - G2D Mark	589	1051
PassMark - G3D Mark	13371	26817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		732.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		7585.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		63.011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		247.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2441.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		19877

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA102
Launch date	5 Oct 2020	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	60	40
Launch price (MSRP)		$1499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	1305 MHz	1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1169 GFLOPS (1:32)	556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)	35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS	35.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10752	10496
Pixel fill rate	194.9 GPixel/s	189.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s	556.0 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, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	313 mm (12.3 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	Triple-slot
Height		138 mm (5.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	695.8 GB/s	936.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)	1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X