NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA A40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 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

NVIDIA A40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 92% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Around 52% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1740 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 24% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1081 vs 627
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19722 vs 14665

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 5 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1081 vs 627
PassMark - G3D Mark	19722 vs 14665

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

Around 85% higher texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
2.8x more pipelines: 10752 vs 3840
6x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 8 GB
Around 91% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193656 vs 101650

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 3840
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	193656 vs 101650

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU 2: NVIDIA A40

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

101650

193656

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1081

627

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19722

14665

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	NVIDIA A40
Geekbench - OpenCL	101650	193656
PassMark - G2D Mark	1081	627
PassMark - G3D Mark	19722	14665
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	169.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1500.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6622.553

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	NVIDIA A40
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD106	GA102
Launch date	2023	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	75	58
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	2505 MHz	1305 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	1169 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)	37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS	37.42 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	10752
Pixel fill rate	126.7 GPixel/s	194.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s	584.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 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