A30 PCIe vs FirePro W7000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking421not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.95no data
Power efficiency5.15no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code namePitcairnGA100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 June 2012 (12 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 no data

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 cores12803584
Core clock speed950 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1440 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt165 Watt
Texture fill rate76.00322.6
Floating-point processing power2.432 TFLOPS10.32 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs80224
Tensor Coresno data224

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length242 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount4 GB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit3072 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s933.1 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 Connectors4x DisplayPortNo outputs
StereoOutput3D+-
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)N/A
Shader Model5.1N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 June 2012 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 165 Watt

A30 PCIe has an age advantage of 8 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 112.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W7000 and A30 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.


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