NVIDIA A10 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile 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 A10

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10

Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 488.2 GTexel/s vs 386.3 GTexel/s
Around 24% higher pipelines: 9216 vs 7424
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1007 vs 939

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	488.2 GTexel/s vs 386.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9216 vs 7424
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007 vs 939

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 885 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25113 vs 22064
Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 160765 vs 158472

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 885 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	25113 vs 22064
Geekbench - OpenCL	160765 vs 158472

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A10
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1007

939

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22064

25113

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

158472

160765

Name	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007	939
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064	25113
Geekbench - OpenCL	158472	160765
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		18885

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA102	AD104
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	2023
Place in performance rating	29	31
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1665 MHz
Core clock speed	885 MHz	1290 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	976.3 GFLOPS (1:32)	386.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS (1:1)	24.72 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS	24.72 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9216	7424
Pixel fill rate	162.7 GPixel/s	133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	488.2 GTexel/s	386.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	35800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Width	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	24 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	600.2 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6