Arc A310 vs RTX A40

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated363
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data13.14
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGA102DG2-128
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date5 October 2020 (4 years ago)12 October 2022 (2 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 cores10752768
Core clock speed1305 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speed1755 MHz2000 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate589.764.00
Floating-point processing power37.74 TFLOPS3.072 TFLOPS
ROPs11216
TMUs33632
Tensor Cores33696
Ray Tracing Cores846

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 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount48 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1812 MHz1937 MHz
Memory bandwidth695.8 GB/s124.0 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 Connectors3x DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 October 2020 12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 75 Watt

RTX A40 has a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Arc A310, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between RTX A40 and Arc A310. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A40 is a workstation graphics card while Arc A310 is a desktop one.


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