RTX A40 and GeForce RTX 3070 TiM - video card comparison
RTX A40
GeForce RTX 3070 TiM
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA102
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2020
November 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin EPS
1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1755 MHz
1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
10752
5888
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
220 Watt
Texture fill rate
589.7
259.4
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
48 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
14.5 GB/s
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
695.8 GB/s
448.0 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
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3