NVIDIA A800 PCIe 40 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A800 PCIe 40 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA A800 PCIe 40 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A800 PCIe 40 GB

530.1x more texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 1,149 GTexel/s
Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 425 Watt
Around 67% higher maximum memory size: 40 GB vs 24 GB

Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 1,149 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 425 Watt
Maximum memory size	40 GB vs 24 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 2280 MHz vs 765 MHz
Around 79% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1410 MHz
2.1x more pipelines: 14592 vs 6912
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Launch date	28 Dec 2023 vs 8 Nov 2022
Core clock speed	2280 MHz vs 765 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Pipelines	14592 vs 6912
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A800 PCIe 40 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D

Name	NVIDIA A800 PCIe 40 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D
PassMark - G2D Mark		1012
PassMark - G3D Mark		37631
Geekbench - OpenCL		313627
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		34292

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A800 PCIe 40 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA100	AD102
Launch date	8 Nov 2022	28 Dec 2023
Place in performance rating	not rated	3
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	2520 MHz
Core clock speed	765 MHz	2280 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	6912	14592
Pixel fill rate	225.6 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s	1,149 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	425 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	76300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	304 mm, 12 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	800 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 16-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches	137 mm, 5.4 inches
Height		61 mm, 2.4 inches
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	40 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	1.56 TB/s	1.01 TB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6X