GeForce RTX 5070 vs A30 PCIe

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGA100GB205
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)2025

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores35846400
Core clock speed930 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speed1440 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate322.6504.0
Floating-point processing power10.32 TFLOPS32.26 TFLOPS
ROPs9664
TMUs224200
Tensor Cores224200
Ray Tracing Coresno data50

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPS1x 16-pin

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 typeHBM2GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount24 GB12 GB
Memory bus width3072 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1215 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth933.1 GB/s120.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader ModelN/A6.7
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCL3.03.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA8.09.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 220 Watt

A30 PCIe has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A30 PCIe and GeForce RTX 5070. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A30 PCIe is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 5070 is a desktop one.


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