Radeon RX 7950 XT vs RTX A40

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA102Navi 31
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date5 October 2020 (4 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores107525376
Core clock speed1305 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speed1755 MHz3000 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate589.71,008
Floating-point processing power37.74 TFLOPS64.51 TFLOPS
ROPs112192
TMUs336336
Tensor Cores336no data
Ray Tracing Cores8484

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 x16
Length267 mm276 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPS2x 8-pin

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 GB20 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1812 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth695.8 GB/s800.0 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 Connectors3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
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 Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.2
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm

RTX A40 has a 140% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 7950 XT, on the other hand, has a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between RTX A40 and Radeon RX 7950 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A40 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 7950 XT is a desktop one.


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