NVIDIA A10 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA A10

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10

378.4x more texture fill rate: 488.2 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 450 Watt
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 1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 885 MHz
Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 78% higher pipelines: 16384 vs 9216
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1297 vs 1007
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38287 vs 22064
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317791 vs 158308

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 885 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Pipelines	16384 vs 9216
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297 vs 1007
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287 vs 22064
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791 vs 158308

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A10
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1007

1297

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22064

38287

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

158308

317791

Name	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007	1297
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064	38287
Geekbench - OpenCL	158308	317791
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		9223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		582.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		98.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		178.756
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2968.159
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA102	AD102
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating	28	13
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	2520 MHz
Core clock speed	885 MHz	2235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	976.3 GFLOPS (1:32)	1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS (1:1)	82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS	82.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9216	16384
Pixel fill rate	162.7 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	488.2 GTexel/s	1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	76300 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	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	304 mm, 12 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	137 mm, 5.4 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	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	600.2 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X