NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA A30

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA A30 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA A30

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation

Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1635 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 2115 MHz vs 1440 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1635 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	2115 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 322.6 GTexel/s vs 203.0 GTexel/s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 3072
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 62% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 128841 vs 79663

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s vs 203.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3584 vs 3072
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	128841 vs 79663

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA A30

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

79663

128841

Name	NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA A30
PassMark - G2D Mark	625
PassMark - G3D Mark	15470
Geekbench - OpenCL	79663	128841

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA A30
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD107	GA100
Place in performance rating	99	101
Launch date		12 Apr 2021
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2115 MHz	1440 MHz
Core clock speed	1635 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	3072	3584
Pixel fill rate	67.68 GPixel/s	138.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	203.0 GTexel/s	322.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	165 Watt
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		10.32 TFLOPS
Transistor count		54200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	8-pin EPS
Length		267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
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	8 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	933.1 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	3072 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2e