NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs NVIDIA A10

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and NVIDIA A10 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 GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

NVIDIA A10

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1980 MHz vs 885 MHz
Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 2475 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 554.4 GTexel/s vs 488.2 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1174 vs 1007
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 30058 vs 22064
Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 192385 vs 158479

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jan 2024 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	1980 MHz vs 885 MHz
Boost clock speed	2475 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate	554.4 GTexel/s vs 488.2 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1174 vs 1007
PassMark - G3D Mark	30058 vs 22064
Geekbench - OpenCL	192385 vs 158479

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10

Around 29% higher pipelines: 9216 vs 7168
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 220 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Pipelines	9216 vs 7168
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 220 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
GPU 2: NVIDIA A10

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1174

1007

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

30058

22064

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

192385

158479

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER	NVIDIA A10
PassMark - G2D Mark	1174	1007
PassMark - G3D Mark	30058	22064
Geekbench - OpenCL	192385	158479
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4622

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER	NVIDIA A10
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA102
Launch date	8 Jan 2024	12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating	21	24
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2475 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	1980 MHz	885 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	7168	9216
Pixel fill rate	198.0 GPixel/s	162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	554.4 GTexel/s	488.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		976.3 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		31.24 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		31.24 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Single-slot
Height	42 mm, 1.7 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	600.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6