NVIDIA A10 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA A10

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)

Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 1 Sep 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Around 58% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 885 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 556.0 GTexel/s vs 488.2 GTexel/s
Around 14% higher pipelines: 10496 vs 9216
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1050 vs 1007
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26747 vs 22064
Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 191350 vs 157992

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 885 MHz
Texture fill rate	556.0 GTexel/s vs 488.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10496 vs 9216
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1050 vs 1007
PassMark - G3D Mark	26747 vs 22064
Geekbench - OpenCL	191350 vs 157992

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A10
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1007

1050

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22064

26747

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

157992

191350

Name	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007	1050
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064	26747
Geekbench - OpenCL	157992	191350
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		732.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		7585.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		63.011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		247.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2441.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		19948

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA102
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	28	45
Launch price (MSRP)		$1499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	885 MHz	1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	976.3 GFLOPS (1:32)	556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS (1:1)	35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS	35.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9216	10496
Pixel fill rate	162.7 GPixel/s	189.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	488.2 GTexel/s	556.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	313 mm (12.3 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	Triple-slot
Height		138 mm (5.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	600.2 GB/s	936.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X