FireGL 8800 and RTX A40 - video card comparison
FireGL 8800
RTX A40
Architecture
Rage 7 (2001−2006)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
R200
GA102
Market segment
Workstation
Desktop
Release date
August 2001
October 2020
Interface
AGP 4x
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
8-pin EPS
Boost clock speed
-
1755 MHz
Core clock speed
300 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
60 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
10752
Power consumption (TDP)
-
300 Watt
Texture fill rate
2.400
589.7
Memory type
DDR
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
48 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
580 MHz
14.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
9.28 GB/s
695.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA
3x DisplayPort
DirectX
8.1
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
N/A
2.0
OpenGL
1.4
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2