NVIDIA A30 vs NVIDIA Quadro GV100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 and NVIDIA Quadro GV100 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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).

NVIDIA A30

NVIDIA Quadro GV100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
696.8x more texture fill rate: 322.6 GTexel/s vs 463.0 GTexel / s
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

Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 27 March 2018
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s vs 463.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro GV100

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1132 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1628 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 43% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3584
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 24 GB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1696 MHz vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 144865 vs 127026

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1132 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1628 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Pipelines	5120 vs 3584
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 24 GB
Memory clock speed	1696 MHz vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	144865 vs 127026

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A30
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro GV100

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

127026

144865

Name	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA Quadro GV100
Geekbench - OpenCL	127026	144865
PassMark - G3D Mark		19824
PassMark - G2D Mark		848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		562.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		141.066
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1964.377
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		19663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		19663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA Quadro GV100
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Volta
Code name	GA100	GV100
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	27 March 2018
Place in performance rating	103	102
Launch price (MSRP)		$8,999
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1628 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1132 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	5120
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s	463.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	21,100 million
Floating-point performance		14,817 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
OpenCL	3.0
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	32 GB
Memory bandwidth	933.1 GB/s	870.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	3072 bit	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	1696 MHz
Memory type	HBM2e	HBM2