A800 PCIe 40 GB vs GeForce GTX 1070 SLI

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking122not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.70no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIGA100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date16 August 2016 (8 years ago)8 November 2022 (2 years 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 cores38406912
Core clock speed1506 MHz765 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors14400 Million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rateno data609.1
Floating-point processing powerno data19.49 TFLOPS
ROPsno data160
TMUsno data432
Tensor Coresno data432

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data8-pin EPS
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB40 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1,555 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 dataNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_1N/A
Shader Modelno dataN/A
OpenGLno dataN/A
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA+8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 August 2016 8 November 2022
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt

A800 PCIe 40 GB has an age advantage of 6 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 SLI and A800 PCIe 40 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 SLI is a desktop card while A800 PCIe 40 GB is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI
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