IBM and RTX A40 - video card comparison

IBM

RTX A40

Architecture

IBM (1999−2001)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

IBM

GA102

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

-

October 2020

Interface

-

PCIe 4.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

-

8-pin EPS

Boost clock speed

-

1755 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

250 nm

8 nm

Number of transistors

-

28,300 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

-

10752

Power consumption (TDP)

-

300 Watt

Texture fill rate

-

589.7

Memory type

-

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

-

48 GB

Memory bus width

-

384 Bit

Memory clock speed

-

14.5 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

-

695.8 GB/s

Display Connectors

-

3x DisplayPort

DirectX

6.0

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

-

8.6

OpenCL

N/A

2.0

OpenGL

1.2

4.6

Shader Model

-

6.5

Vulkan

N/A

1.2