NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA A10 PCIe

Description

This is a comprehensive analysis comparing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 on one side and NVIDIA A10 PCIe on the other side.

The first video card was released on Oct 12th, 2022. This GPU is equipped with 24 GB of GDDR6X memory, with a bandwidth of 1018 GB/s. The architecture of this card: base clock of 2235 MHz and a boost clock of 2520 MHz, TDP of this video card is 450 W.

The second video card was released on Apr 12th, 2021 and comes with 24 GB of GDDR6 memory, with a bandwidth of 600.2 GB/s. This GPU also has a base clock of 885 MHz and a boost clock of 1695 MHz, and it has a TDP of 150 W.

This table also comprises board specifications, pixel and texture filtration, launch price, and benchmarks such as G3DMark, PassMark G2D, 3DMark Firestrike, FPS, and Hashrate.

Key Differences

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090:

  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is newer: launch date is Oct 12th, 2022.
  • Up to 60.4% higher base clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 885 MHz.
  • Up to 32.74% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1695 MHz.
  • Passmark G3DMark is 48.07%: higher: 39627 vs 20577.
  • Passmark PassMark G2D is 16.15%: higher: 1325 vs 1111.
  • Up to 62.17% higher in FLOPS: 82580 GFLOPS vs 31240 GFLOPS.

Advantages of NVIDIA A10 PCIe:

  • Up to 489.59% higher bandwidth: 600.2 GB/s vs 1018 GB/s.
  • More memory size (RAM): 24 GB vs 24 GB.
  • Consumes less energy: 150 W vs 450 W.

Technical specifications

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 NVIDIA A10 PCIe
Graphics Processor
GPU Name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 NVIDIA A10 PCIe
GPU Variant: AD102-300-A1 GA102-890-A1
Processor: Ada Lovelace Ampere
Foundry: TSMC Samsung
Technology: 4 nm 8 nm
Transistors: 76300 million 28300 million
Die Size: 608 mm² 628 mm²
General information
Release Date: Oct 12th, 2022 Apr 12th, 2021
Availability: Oct 12th, 2022 2021
Generation: GeForce 40 Tesla (Axx)
Predecessor: GeForce 30 -
Successor: - -
Production: Unreleased Active
Launch Price: 1,599 USD -
Current Price: - -
Bus Interface: PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Reviews: - -
Clock Speeds
Base Clock Speed: 2235 MHz 885 MHz
Boost Clock Speed: 2520 MHz 1695 MHz
SOC clock: - -
UVD clock: - -
Memory Clock: 1325 MHz 21.2 Gbps effective 1563 MHz 12.5 Gbps effective
Memory specs
RAM: 24 GB 24 GB
Type of memory: GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Bus: 384 bit 384 bit
Memory Bandwidth: 1018 GB/s 600.2 GB/s
Render Config
Shading Units: 16384 9216
TMUs: 512 288
ROPs: 192 96
Compute units: - -
Tensor Cores: - -
RT Cores: 128 72
L0 Cache: - -
L1 Cache: 128 KB (per SM) 128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache: 96 MB 6 MB
L3 Cache: - -
Board specs
Slot Width: Triple-slot Single-slot
Length: 336 mm 13.2 inches 267 mm 10.5 inches
Width: 140 mm 5.5 inches 112 mm 4.4 inches
Height: 61 mm 2.4 inches -
TDP: 450 W 150 W
Suggested PSU: 850 W 450 W
Outputs: 1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a No outputs
Power Connectors: 1x 16-pin 1x 8-pin
Part Number: - -
Board Number: PG139 SKU 330 PG133 SKU 215
Technology Support
DirectX: 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL: 4.6 4.6
OpenCL: - -
Vulkan: - -
CUDA: - -
Shader Model: - -

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Fillrate:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
483.8 GPixel/s
NVIDIA A10 PCIe
162.7 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
1290 GTexel/s
NVIDIA A10 PCIe
488.2 GTexel/s
FP16 (half):
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
82580 GFLOPS (1:1)
NVIDIA A10 PCIe
31240 GFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float):
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
82580 GFLOPS
NVIDIA A10 PCIe
31240 GFLOPS
FP64 (double):
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
1290 GFLOPS (1:64)
NVIDIA A10 PCIe
976.3 GFLOPS (1:32)
Unified Shaders:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA A10 PCIe
9216
Texture Mapping Units:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA A10 PCIe
288
Render Output Units:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA A10 PCIe
96

Benchmarks Performance Tests

Passmark (G3D):
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
39627
NVIDIA A10 PCIe
20577
PassMark (G2D):
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
1325
NVIDIA A10 PCIe
1111
3DMark (Fire Strike):
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
36098
NVIDIA A10 PCIe

Gaming performance benchmarks comparison

Game
Frames per second (avg)
Cyberpunk 2077
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
185.42
NVIDIA A10 PCIe
No data
Hogwarts Legacy
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
138.45
NVIDIA A10 PCIe
No data
CoD: Modern Warfare 2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
234.83
NVIDIA A10 PCIe
No data
The Witcher
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
516.48
NVIDIA A10 PCIe
No data

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