A40 PCIe and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
A40 PCIe
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA102
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2020
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin EPS
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1755 MHz
1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
10752
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
589.7
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
48 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
14.5 GB/s
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
695.8 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.3