RTX A40 vs Radeon Pro W5700
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 171 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 14.09 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 12.80 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Navi 10 | GA102 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 19 November 2019 (6 years ago) | 5 October 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2304 | 10752 |
| Core clock speed | 1243 MHz | 1305 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1930 MHz | 1755 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 10,300 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 205 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 277.9 | 589.7 |
| Floating-point processing power | 8.893 TFLOPS | 37.74 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 112 |
| TMUs | 144 | 336 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 336 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 84 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 10.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 6 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 305 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 8-pin EPS |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 1812 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 695.8 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 5x mini-DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C | 3x DisplayPort |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 November 2019 | 5 October 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 48 GB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 205 Watt | 300 Watt |
Pro W5700 has a 14% more advanced lithography process, and 46% lower power consumption.
RTX A40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro W5700 and RTX A40. We've got no test results to judge.
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