NVIDIA A30 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA A30

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 915 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 322.6 GTexel/s vs 259.4 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 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 127071 vs 106315

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 915 MHz
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s vs 259.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	127071 vs 106315

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 64% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 3584
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 12 Apr 2021
Pipelines	5888 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A30
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

127071

106315

Name	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Geekbench - OpenCL	127071	106315
PassMark - G2D Mark		784
PassMark - G3D Mark		17813
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2572

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA104
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	99	102
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1410 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	915 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)	259.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)	16.60 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS	16.60 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	5888
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s	135.4 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s	259.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
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
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	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	3072 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6