NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 vs NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), 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 4080

NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 2205 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Around 78% higher boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 761.5 GTexel/s vs 609.1 GTexel/s
Around 41% higher pipelines: 9728 vs 6912
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 7 nm
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 320 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 238900 vs 200534

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 14 May 2020
Core clock speed	2205 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s vs 609.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9728 vs 6912
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt vs 400 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	238900 vs 200534

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

2.5x more maximum memory size: 40 GB vs 16 GB

Maximum memory size	40 GB vs 16 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
GPU 2: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

238900

200534

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1234
PassMark - G3D Mark	34623
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	28272
Geekbench - OpenCL	238900	200534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	722.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	72.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	272.641
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 4080	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD103	GA100
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	14 May 2020
Place in performance rating	7	10
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	1410 MHz
Core clock speed	2205 MHz	1095 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	761.5 GFLOPS (1:64)	9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	48.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	48.74 TFLOPS	19.49 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9728	6912
Pixel fill rate	280.6 GPixel/s	225.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s	609.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt	400 Watt
Transistor count	45900 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	Triple-slot	IGP
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	310 mm, 12.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	800 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	None
Width	140 mm, 5.5 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	16 GB	40 GB
Memory bandwidth	716.8 GB/s	1555 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	5120 bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6X	HBM2e
High bandwidth memory (HBM)