NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA A30

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3000 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA A30

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 29% higher pipelines: 4608 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Launch date	21 Mar 2023 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Pipelines	4608 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 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 32% higher texture fill rate: 322.6 GTexel/s vs 244.1 GTexel/s
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 127026 vs 96332

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s vs 244.1 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	127026 vs 96332

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA A30

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

96332

127026

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA A30
Geekbench - OpenCL	96332	127026
PassMark - G2D Mark	555
PassMark - G3D Mark	15753

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA A30
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD106	GA100
Launch date	21 Mar 2023	12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating	98	100
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1440 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	4608	3584
Pixel fill rate	81.36 GPixel/s	138.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s	322.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	22900 million	54200 million
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
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