NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D vs NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D and NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D

NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 2280 MHz vs 1095 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)
Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 272677 vs 200556

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 Dec 2023 vs 14 May 2020
Core clock speed	2280 MHz vs 1095 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)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	272677 vs 200556

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

530.1x more texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 1,149 GTexel/s
Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 400 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)	400 Watt vs 425 Watt
Maximum memory size	40 GB vs 24 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D
GPU 2: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

272677

200556

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	795
PassMark - G3D Mark	28686
Geekbench - OpenCL	272677	200556
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	34256
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		27823
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		27823
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		51880
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		51880

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD102	GA100
Launch date	28 Dec 2023	14 May 2020
Place in performance rating	6	9
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	1410 MHz
Core clock speed	2280 MHz	1095 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	14592	6912
Pixel fill rate	443.5 GPixel/s	225.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,149 GTexel/s	609.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	425 Watt	400 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	54200 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		19.49 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot	IGP
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	304 mm, 12 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	800 Watt	800 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	None
Width	137 mm, 5.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	40 GB
Memory bandwidth	1.01 TB/s	1555 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	5120 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6X	HBM2e
High bandwidth memory (HBM)