GeForce RTX 3090 Ti vs A100 SXM4 40 GB

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated11
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data8.29
Power efficiencyno data11.74
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA100GA102
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date14 May 2020 (4 years ago)27 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores691210752
Core clock speed1095 MHz1560 MHz
Boost clock speed1410 MHz1860 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt450 Watt
Texture fill rate609.1625.0
Floating-point processing power19.49 TFLOPS40 TFLOPS
ROPs160112
TMUs432336
Tensor Cores432336
Ray Tracing Coresno data84

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data336 mm
WidthIGP3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeHBM2eGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount40 GB24 GB
Memory bus width5120 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1215 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth1,555 GB/s1,008 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader ModelN/A6.6
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCL2.03.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA8.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2020 27 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 40 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 450 Watt

A100 SXM4 40 GB has a 66.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 12.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 3090 Ti, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between A100 SXM4 40 GB and GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A100 SXM4 40 GB is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
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