NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 vs NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 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 5080

NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 2295 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Around 86% higher boost clock speed: 2617 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 879.3 GTexel/s vs 609.1 GTexel/s
Around 56% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 6912
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 360 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 54% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 263511 vs 200738

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 Jan 2025 vs 14 May 2020
Core clock speed	2295 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Boost clock speed	2617 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Texture fill rate	879.3 GTexel/s vs 609.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 6912
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	360 Watt vs 400 Watt
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	263511 vs 200738

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

2.5x more maximum memory size: 40 GB vs 16 GB

Maximum memory size	40 GB vs 16 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
GPU 2: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

263511

200738

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1401
PassMark - G3D Mark	36147
Geekbench - OpenCL	263511	200738
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8637
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 5080	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0	Ampere
Code name	GB203	GA100
Launch date	30 Jan 2025	14 May 2020
Place in performance rating	6	7
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2617 MHz	1410 MHz
Core clock speed	2295 MHz	1095 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	10752	6912
Pixel fill rate	293.1 GPixel/s	225.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	879.3 GTexel/s	609.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	360 Watt	400 Watt
Transistor count	45600 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 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	IGP
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	304 mm, 12 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 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	6.8
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	40 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	1555 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	5120 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR7	HBM2e
High bandwidth memory (HBM)