NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB vs NVIDIA A40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB and NVIDIA A40 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

NVIDIA A40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 68% higher core clock speed: 2190 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 2430 MHz vs 1740 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 220 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 24% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1067 vs 589
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22874 vs 13371

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 5 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	2190 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1067 vs 589
PassMark - G3D Mark	22874 vs 13371

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 311.0 GTexel/s
2.5x more pipelines: 10752 vs 4352
6x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 8 GB
Around 44% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 187606 vs 130226

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 311.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 4352
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	187606 vs 130226

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA A40

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

130226

187606

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1067

589

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22874

13371

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB	NVIDIA A40
Geekbench - OpenCL	130226	187606
PassMark - G2D Mark	1067	589
PassMark - G3D Mark	22874	13371
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	13509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	40.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	182.292
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1757.675
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB	NVIDIA A40
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD106	GA102
Launch date	2023	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	64	60
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	2190 MHz	1305 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	330.5 GFLOPS (1:64)	1169 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	21.15 TFLOPS (1:1)	37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	21.15 TFLOPS	37.42 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4352	10752
Pixel fill rate	155.5 GPixel/s	194.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	311.0 GTexel/s	584.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count		28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	8-pin EPS
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Width		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	695.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6