NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA A40
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA A40 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 5000 Ada Generation
- Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1740 MHz
- Around 43% higher pipelines: 15360 vs 10752
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
- Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
- Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 704 vs 627
- Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 23812 vs 14665
Specifications (specs) | |
Boost clock speed | 2505 MHz vs 1740 MHz |
Pipelines | 15360 vs 10752 |
Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm vs 8 nm |
Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 704 vs 627 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 23812 vs 14665 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40
- Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1305 MHz vs 915 MHz
- 486.4x more texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 1,202 GTexel/s
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 32 GB
- Around 68% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193429 vs 115321
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 1305 MHz vs 915 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 584.6 GTexel/s vs 1,202 GTexel/s |
Maximum memory size | 48 GB vs 32 GB |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 193429 vs 115321 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA A40
PassMark - G2D Mark |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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Name | NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation | NVIDIA A40 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 704 | 627 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 23812 | 14665 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 115321 | 193429 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation | NVIDIA A40 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
Code name | AD102 | GA102 |
Place in performance rating | 50 | 53 |
Launch date | 5 Oct 2020 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 2505 MHz | 1740 MHz |
Core clock speed | 915 MHz | 1305 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 8 nm |
Pipelines | 15360 | 10752 |
Pixel fill rate | 440.9 GPixel/s | 194.9 GPixel/s |
Texture fill rate | 1,202 GTexel/s | 584.6 GTexel/s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt | 300 Watt |
Transistor count | 76300 million | 28300 million |
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 1169 GFLOPS (1:32) | |
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 37.42 TFLOPS (1:1) | |
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 37.42 TFLOPS | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a | 3x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Form factor | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
Length | 267 mm, 10.5 inches | 267 mm (10.5 inches) |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 700 Watt | 700 Watt |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | 8-pin EPS |
Width | 112 mm, 4.4 inches | 112 mm (4.4 inches) |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.2 |
OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.6 |
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Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 32 GB | 48 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 960.0 GB/s | 695.8 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 384 bit | 384 bit |
Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective | 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |