NVIDIA A30 vs NVIDIA A40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 and NVIDIA A40 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA A30

NVIDIA A40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 82% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 5 Oct 2020
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1305 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 81% higher texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s
3x more pipelines: 10752 vs 3584
2x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 24 GB
Around 49% higher memory clock speed: 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
Around 52% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193656 vs 127071

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1305 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 3584
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 24 GB
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	193656 vs 127071

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A30
GPU 2: NVIDIA A40

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

127071

193656

Name	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA A40
Geekbench - OpenCL	127071	193656
PassMark - G2D Mark		627
PassMark - G3D Mark		14665

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA A40
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA102
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	99	58
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1305 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)	1169 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)	37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS	37.42 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	10752
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s	194.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s	584.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	8-pin EPS
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12.2
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	933.1 GB/s	695.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	3072 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6