NVIDIA A800 PCIe 40 GB vs NVIDIA RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A800 PCIe 40 GB and NVIDIA RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation 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.

NVIDIA A800 PCIe 40 GB

NVIDIA RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A800 PCIe 40 GB

4.7x more texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 129.6 GTexel/s
3.4x more pipelines: 6912 vs 2048
10x more maximum memory size: 40 GB vs 4 GB

Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 129.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6912 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	40 GB vs 4 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation

Around 94% higher core clock speed: 1485 MHz vs 765 MHz
Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 2025 MHz vs 1410 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
7.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1485 MHz vs 765 MHz
Boost clock speed	2025 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A800 PCIe 40 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation

Name	NVIDIA A800 PCIe 40 GB	NVIDIA RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation
PassMark - G2D Mark		505
PassMark - G3D Mark		10968
Geekbench - OpenCL		58782

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A800 PCIe 40 GB	NVIDIA RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA100	AD107
Launch date	8 Nov 2022
Place in performance rating	not rated	170
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	2025 MHz
Core clock speed	765 MHz	1485 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	6912	2048
Pixel fill rate	225.6 GPixel/s	64.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s	129.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	18900 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	None
Width	111 mm, 4.4 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	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	1.56 TB/s	128.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6