A40 PCIe
VS
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
A40 PCIe
VS
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards A40 PCIe and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
48
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Value for money (0-100)
18.27
Ampere
Architecture
Turing
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Code name
TU104
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Type
Workstation
5 October 2020 (1 year ago)
Release date
13 November 2018 (3 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$899
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Price now
$2480 (2.8x MSRP)
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Value for money
12.88
GA102
GPU code name
TU104
Desktop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between A40 PCIe and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
2304
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Core clock speed
1005 MHz
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Boost Clock
1545 MHz
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Transistor count
13,600 million
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
160 Watt
589.7
Texture fill rate
222.5
10752
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
1755 MHz
Boost clock speed
1545 MHz
28,300 million
Number of transistors
13,600 million
300 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
160 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the A40 PCIe and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
267 mm
Length
241 mm
8-pin EPS
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics A40 PCIe and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR6
48 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
14.5 GB/s
Memory clock speed
13000 MHz
695.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
416.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards A40 PCIe and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000, the size and number of monitors.

3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

Technologies

The difference between A40 PCIe and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 is the additional functionality.

8.6
CUDA
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is A40 PCIe and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2
Vulkan
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6.5
Shader Model
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2.0
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for A40 PCIe and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the A40 PCIe or NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) A40 PCIe
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
Death Stranding (2020) A40 PCIe
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
F1 2020 (2020) A40 PCIe
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
Gears Tactics (2020) A40 PCIe
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
Doom Eternal (2020) A40 PCIe
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of A40 PCIe

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 12 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (48 GB vs 8 GB)

More memory bandwidth (695.8 GB/s vs 416.0 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

71.46% faster in synthetic tests

So, A40 PCIe or NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 .

A40 PCIe versus NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score A40 PCIe
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000