RTX A400 vs GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated420
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data15.47
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104GA107
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date4 December 2018 (6 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a 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 cores1920768
Core clock speed1506 MHz727 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHz1762 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate202.042.29
Floating-point processing power6.463 TFLOPS2.706 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs12024
Tensor Coresno data24
Ray Tracing Coresno data6

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mm163 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1001 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.3 GB/s96 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 December 2018 16 April 2024
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 1070 GDDR5X has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX A400, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X and RTX A400. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X is a desktop card while RTX A400 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X
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