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.

NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation

NVIDIA A10

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 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1117 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	1117 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 21056
Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 158472 vs 122438

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 21056
Geekbench - OpenCL	158472 vs 122438

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1117

1007

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

21056

22064

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

122438

158472

Name	NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation	NVIDIA A10
PassMark - G2D Mark	1117	1007
PassMark - G3D Mark	21056	22064
Geekbench - OpenCL	122438	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	32	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