NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA A10G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and NVIDIA A10G 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, 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

NVIDIA A10G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 69% higher core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 78% higher pipelines: 16384 vs 9216
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1297 vs 578
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38287 vs 17660
Around 95% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317791 vs 163295

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Pipelines	16384 vs 9216
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297 vs 578
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287 vs 17660
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791 vs 163295

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10G

381.8x more texture fill rate: 492.5 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective) vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Texture fill rate	492.5 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective) vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GPU 2: NVIDIA A10G

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1297

578

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

38287

17660

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

317791

163295

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	NVIDIA A10G
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297	578
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287	17660
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	582.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	98.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	178.756
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2968.159
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791	163295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	NVIDIA A10G
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD102	GA102
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating	13	64
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	2235 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)	985.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)	31.52 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	82.58 TFLOPS	31.52 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16384	9216
Pixel fill rate	443.5 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,290 GTexel/s	492.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	450 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	28300 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	Single-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	304 mm, 12 inches	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	850 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	8-pin EPS
Width	137 mm, 5.4 inches	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	24 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	1,008 GB/s	600.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6