RTX A40 vs GRID M10-8Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking650not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.40no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM107GA102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date18 May 2016 (8 years ago)5 October 2020 (4 years 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 cores64010752
Core clock speed1033 MHz1305 MHz
Boost clock speed1306 MHz1755 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate52.24589.7
Floating-point processing power1.672 TFLOPS37.74 TFLOPS
ROPs16112
TMUs40336
Tensor Coresno data336
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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB48 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1300 MHz1812 MHz
Memory bandwidth83.2 GB/s695.8 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 outputs3x DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA5.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 May 2016 5 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 300 Watt

GRID M10-8Q has 33.3% lower power consumption.

RTX A40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GRID M10-8Q and RTX A40. We've got no test results to judge.


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