A40 PCIe vs ATI FireGL V8600
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | R600 | GA102 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 14 May 2007 (19 years ago) | 5 October 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,899 | no data |
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 | 320 | 10752 |
| Core clock speed | 688 MHz | 1305 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1755 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 720 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 159 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 11.01 | 589.7 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4403 TFLOPS | 37.74 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 112 |
| TMUs | 16 | 336 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 336 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 84 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 10.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 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 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 254 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 | GDDR4 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 868 MHz | 1812 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 111.1 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 | 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video | 3x DisplayPort |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.0 (10_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 May 2007 | 5 October 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 48 GB |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 159 Watt | 300 Watt |
ATI FireGL V8600 has 89% lower power consumption.
A40 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FireGL V8600 and A40 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.
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