NVIDIA A30 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 A30

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 17% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 3072
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 250 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 127026 vs 115519

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 23 July 2019
Pipelines	3584 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	127026 vs 115519

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Around 77% higher core clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 1815 MHz vs 1440 MHz
11.5x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1650 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1815 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A30
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

127026

115519

Name	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
Geekbench - OpenCL	127026	115519
PassMark - G3D Mark		19549
PassMark - G2D Mark		920
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4571.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		190.349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1653.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA100	TU104
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	23 July 2019
Place in performance rating	105	107
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1815 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	3072
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million
CUDA cores		3072
Maximum GPU temperature		89 C
Render output units		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Display Port		1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays		4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	10.5” (266.74mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	6 pin + 8 pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	2-Slot
Height		4.556” (115.7mm)
API support
OpenCL	3.0
DirectX		12.1
OpenGL		4.5
Shader Model		6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	933.1 GB/s	496 GB/s
Memory bus width	3072 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6
Technologies
Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready