
RTX A40 and GRID M40 - video card comparison
RTX A40
GRID M40
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GA102
GM107
Market segment
Desktop
Workstation
Release date
October 2020
May 2016
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin EPS
-
Boost clock speed
1755 MHz
1000 MHz
Core clock speed
-
1033 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
1,870 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
10752
384
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
50 Watt
Texture fill rate
589.7
33.06
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
48 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
14.5 GB/s
5200 MHz
Memory bandwidth
695.8 GB/s
83.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
3x DisplayPort
No outputs
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
8.6
5.0
OpenCL
2.0
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
5.1
Vulkan
1.2
1.1.126