NVIDIA A10 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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).

NVIDIA A10

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10

Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 488.2 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Around 57% higher pipelines: 9216 vs 5888
Around 90% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 285 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

Texture fill rate	488.2 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9216 vs 5888
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 285 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 885 MHz
Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1695 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1145 vs 1007
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26950 vs 22064
Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167940 vs 158479

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 885 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1145 vs 1007
PassMark - G3D Mark	26950 vs 22064
Geekbench - OpenCL	167940 vs 158479

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1007

1145

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22064

26950

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

158479

167940

Name	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007	1145
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064	26950
Geekbench - OpenCL	158479	167940
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		17799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		55.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		245.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2459.317

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA102	AD104
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	2023
Place in performance rating	30	29
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	2610 MHz
Core clock speed	885 MHz	2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	976.3 GFLOPS (1:32)	480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS (1:1)	30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS	30.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9216	5888
Pixel fill rate	162.7 GPixel/s	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	488.2 GTexel/s	480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	285 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	35800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	140 mm, 5.5 inches
Height		61 mm, 2.4 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	24 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	600.2 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X