NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1260 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 30% higher pipelines: 8960 vs 6912
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 350 Watt vs 400 Watt

Launch date	11 Jan 2022 vs 14 May 2020
Core clock speed	1260 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Pipelines	8960 vs 6912
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt vs 400 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
3.3x more maximum memory size: 40 GB vs 12 GB
Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	40 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1084
PassMark - G3D Mark	26615
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	18806
Geekbench - OpenCL		200574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		27823
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		27823
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		51880
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		51880

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA100
Launch date	11 Jan 2022	14 May 2020
Place in performance rating	4	6
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	1410 MHz
Core clock speed	1260 MHz	1095 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)	77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	30.64 TFLOPS	19.49 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8960	6912
Pixel fill rate	164.2 GPixel/s	225.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	478.8 GTexel/s	609.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	400 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	54200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	IGP
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 Watt	800 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	40 GB
Memory bandwidth	912.4 GB/s	1555 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	5120 bit
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6X	HBM2e
High bandwidth memory (HBM)