NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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).

NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB

Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 6912 vs 5888
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 285 Watt
6.7x more maximum memory size: 80 GB vs 12 GB
Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 1512 MHz, 3 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 218774 vs 167940

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6912 vs 5888
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 285 Watt
Maximum memory size	80 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	1512 MHz, 3 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	218774 vs 167940

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1065 MHz
Around 85% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1410 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 7 nm

Launch date	2023 vs 8 Nov 2022
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1065 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 7 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

218774

167940

Name	NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Geekbench - OpenCL	218774	167940
PassMark - G2D Mark		1145
PassMark - G3D Mark		26950
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		17799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		55.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		245.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2459.317

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA100	AD104
Launch date	8 Nov 2022	2023
Place in performance rating	27	29
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	2610 MHz
Core clock speed	1065 MHz	2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	6912	5888
Pixel fill rate	225.6 GPixel/s	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s	480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	285 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	35800 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		30.74 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	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	336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 12-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches	140 mm, 5.5 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	80 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	1.94 TB/s	504.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1512 MHz, 3 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6X