GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER and RTX A40 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3070 SUPER
RTX A40
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA104
GA102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
October 2020
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
8-pin EPS
Boost clock speed
1695 MHz
1755 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
18,000 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
6144
10752
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
300 Watt
Texture fill rate
325.4
589.7
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
48 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
16000 MHz
14.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
512.0 GB/s
695.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
-
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.5
Vulkan
-
1.2