RTX 5000 Ada Generation vs A30 PCIe

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated27
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.61
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameGA100AD102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)9 August 2023 (less than a year ago)
Current priceno data$5296

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores358412800
Boost clock speed1440 MHz2550 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate322.61,020

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 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB32 GB
Memory bus width3072 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2.4 GB/s18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth933.1 GB/s576.0 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 outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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
CUDA8.08.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2021 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 250 Watt

We couldn't decide between A30 PCIe and RTX 5000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.


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