RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation vs A30 PCIe

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated48
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data52.86
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA100AD104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores35846144
Core clock speed930 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speed1440 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate322.6299.5
Floating-point processing power10.32 TFLOPS19.17 TFLOPS
ROPs9680
TMUs224192
Tensor Cores224192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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
Length267 mm168 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSNone

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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB20 GB
Memory bus width3072 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed1215 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth933.1 GB/s280.0 GB/s

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 outputs4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader ModelN/A6.8
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCL3.03.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA8.08.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2021 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 70 Watt

A30 PCIe has a 20% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 135.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A30 PCIe and RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA A30 PCIe
A30 PCIe
NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation
RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.6 11 votes

Rate A30 PCIe on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.3 49 votes

Rate RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.