NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation vs NVIDIA A10

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation and NVIDIA A10 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 885 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1128 vs 1007
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Mar 2023 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed 1290 MHz vs 885 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1128 vs 1007

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10

  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1565 MHz
  • Around 62% higher texture fill rate: 488.2 GTexel/s vs 300.5 GTexel/s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 9216 vs 6144
  • Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 20 GB
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22064 vs 21042
  • Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 158472 vs 123076
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1695 MHz vs 1565 MHz
Texture fill rate 488.2 GTexel/s vs 300.5 GTexel/s
Pipelines 9216 vs 6144
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 20 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22064 vs 21042
Geekbench - OpenCL 158472 vs 123076

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA A10

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1128
1007
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
21042
22064
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
123076
158472
Name NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation NVIDIA A10
PassMark - G2D Mark 1128 1007
PassMark - G3D Mark 21042 22064
Geekbench - OpenCL 123076 158472

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation NVIDIA A10

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD104 GA102
Launch date 21 Mar 2023 12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating 31 29

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1565 MHz 1695 MHz
Core clock speed 1290 MHz 885 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 8 nm
Pipelines 6144 9216
Pixel fill rate 125.2 GPixel/s 162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 300.5 GTexel/s 488.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 35800 million 28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 976.3 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 31.24 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 31.24 TFLOPS

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Single-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 168 mm, 6.6 inches 267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 250 Watt 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Width 69 mm, 2.7 inches 112 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 20 GB 24 GB
Memory bandwidth 280.0 GB/s 600.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 160 bit 384 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6