NVIDIA A30 vs NVIDIA RTX A4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 and NVIDIA RTX A4000 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 - 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 RTX A4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 322.6 GTexel/s vs 299.5 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 127026 vs 122777

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 735 MHz
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s vs 299.5 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	127026 vs 122777

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4000

Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 71% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 3584
Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Boost clock speed	1560 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Pipelines	6144 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 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 RTX A4000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

127026

122777

Name	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA RTX A4000
Geekbench - OpenCL	127026	122777
PassMark - G3D Mark		19403
PassMark - G2D Mark		1000
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		420.465
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4156.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		32.297
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		162.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1895.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		22050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		22050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		11086

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA RTX A4000
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA104
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating	103	106
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)	599.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)	19.17 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS	19.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	6144
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s	149.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s	299.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort
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	241 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 6-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12.2
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	933.1 GB/s	448 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