NVIDIA A30 vs NVIDIA A10

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 and NVIDIA A10 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 A10

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 885 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm

Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 885 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10

Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 488.2 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s
2.6x more pipelines: 9216 vs 3584
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 158308 vs 127071

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Texture fill rate	488.2 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9216 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	158308 vs 127071

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A30
GPU 2: NVIDIA A10

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

127071

158308

Name	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA A10
Geekbench - OpenCL	127071	158308
PassMark - G2D Mark		1007
PassMark - G3D Mark		22064

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA A10
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA102
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating	99	28
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	885 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)	976.3 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)	31.24 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS	31.24 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	9216
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s	162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s	488.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Single-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	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
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	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	933.1 GB/s	600.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	3072 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6