RTX A40 vs GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking188not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency25.84no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU106BGA102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date29 January 2019 (5 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 cores230410752
Core clock speed885 MHz1305 MHz
Boost clock speed1185 MHz1755 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate170.6589.7
Floating-point processing power5.46 TFLOPS37.74 TFLOPS
ROPs64112
TMUs144336
Tensor Cores288336
Ray Tracing Cores3684

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB48 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1812 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s695.8 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 outputs3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 January 2019 5 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 300 Watt

RTX 2070 Max-Q has 275% lower power consumption.

RTX A40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q and RTX A40. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q is a notebook card while RTX A40 is a workstation one.


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