NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 vs NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 and NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 2325 MHz vs 1065 MHz
Around 78% higher boost clock speed: 2512 MHz vs 1410 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
Around 16% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective vs 1512 MHz, 3 Gbps effective

Launch date	4 Mar 2025 vs 8 Nov 2022
Core clock speed	2325 MHz vs 1065 MHz
Boost clock speed	2512 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective vs 1512 MHz, 3 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB

Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 482.3 GTexel/s
Around 13% higher pipelines: 6912 vs 6144
6.7x more maximum memory size: 80 GB vs 12 GB
Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 218302 vs 186565

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 482.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6912 vs 6144
Maximum memory size	80 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	218302 vs 186565

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
GPU 2: NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

186565

218302

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070	NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1286
PassMark - G3D Mark	28843
Geekbench - OpenCL	186565	218302
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5077

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070	NVIDIA A800 PCIe 80 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0	Ampere
Code name	GB205	GA100
Launch date	4 Mar 2025	8 Nov 2022
Place in performance rating	20	18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2512 MHz	1410 MHz
Core clock speed	2325 MHz	1065 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	6144	6912
Pixel fill rate	201.0 GPixel/s	225.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	482.3 GTexel/s	609.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	31100 million	54200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	245 mm, 9.6 inches	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	8-pin EPS
Width	115 mm, 4.5 inches	111 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.8
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	80 GB
Memory bandwidth	672.0 GB/s	1.94 TB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	5120 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective	1512 MHz, 3 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR7	HBM2e