NVIDIA A30 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q 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 3070 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 56% higher texture fill rate: 322.6 GTexel/s vs 206.4 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 127071 vs 92696

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s vs 206.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	127071 vs 92696

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Around 43% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3584
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Pipelines	5120 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A30
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

127071

92696

Name	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	127071	92696
PassMark - G3D Mark		15361
PassMark - G2D Mark		643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		449.647
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4619.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		36.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		181.818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1410.887
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		13334
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		13334
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2380

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA104
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	99	81
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1290 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)	206.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)	13.21 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS	13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	5120
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s	103.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s	206.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Laptop size		large
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	933.1 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	3072 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready