RTX 2000 Embedded Ada Generation vs A40 PCIe

Primary details

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

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ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA102AD107
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date5 October 2020 (4 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores107523072
Core clock speed1305 MHz1530 MHz
Boost clock speed1755 MHz2010 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate589.7193.0
Floating-point processing power37.74 TFLOPS12.35 TFLOPS
ROPs11248
TMUs33696
Tensor Cores33696
Ray Tracing Cores8424

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 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount48 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1812 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth695.8 GB/s256.0 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 Connectors3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 October 2020 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 50 Watt

A40 PCIe has a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 2000 Embedded Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 500% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A40 PCIe and RTX 2000 Embedded Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A40 PCIe is a workstation card while RTX 2000 Embedded Ada Generation is a mobile workstation one.


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