RTX A40 vs GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking36not rated
Place by popularity73not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation63.90no data
Power efficiency24.64no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAD106GA102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date18 May 2023 (1 year ago)5 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 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 cores435210752
Core clock speed2310 MHz1305 MHz
Boost clock speed2535 MHz1755 MHz
Number of transistors22,900 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate344.8589.7
Floating-point processing power22.06 TFLOPS37.74 TFLOPS
ROPs48112
TMUs136336
Tensor Cores136336
Ray Tracing Cores3484

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 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Length240 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB48 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz1812 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a3x DisplayPort
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.0
Vulkan1.31.2
CUDA8.98.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 May 2023 5 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 300 Watt

RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB has an age advantage of 2 years, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 81.8% lower power consumption.

RTX A40, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB and RTX A40. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB is a desktop card while RTX A40 is a workstation one.


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