NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB vs NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB and NVIDIA RTX 5000 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB

NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1065 MHz vs 915 MHz
506.7x more texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 1,202 GTexel/s
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
2.5x more maximum memory size: 80 GB vs 32 GB
Around 84% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 218560 vs 118606

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1065 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 1,202 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size	80 GB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	218560 vs 118606

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation

Around 78% higher boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1410 MHz
2.2x more pipelines: 15360 vs 6912
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1512 MHz, 3 Gbps effective

Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Pipelines	15360 vs 6912
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1512 MHz, 3 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

218560

118606

Name	NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB	NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation
Geekbench - OpenCL	218560	118606
PassMark - G2D Mark		736
PassMark - G3D Mark		23992

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB	NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA100	AD102
Launch date	8 Nov 2022
Place in performance rating	23	48
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	2505 MHz
Core clock speed	1065 MHz	915 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	6912	15360
Pixel fill rate	225.6 GPixel/s	440.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s	1,202 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	76300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x 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	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 16-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches	112 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	80 GB	32 GB
Memory bandwidth	1.94 TB/s	960.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1512 MHz, 3 Gbps effective	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6