A30 PCIe and A40 PCIe - video card comparison
A30 PCIe
A40 PCIe
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA100
GA102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2021
October 2020
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin EPS
8-pin EPS
Boost clock speed
1440 MHz
1755 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
54,200 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
10752
Power consumption (TDP)
165 Watt
300 Watt
Texture fill rate
322.6
589.7
Memory type
HBM2
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
24 GB
48 GB
Memory bus width
3072 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
2.4 GB/s
14.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
933.1 GB/s
695.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
No outputs
3x DisplayPort
DirectX
N/A
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.0
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
2.0
OpenGL
N/A
4.6
Shader Model
N/A
6.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2