RTX A40 vs GeForce GTX 1070

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	145	not rated
Place by popularity	28	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	23.53	no data
Power efficiency	16.04	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GP104	GA102
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	10 June 2016 (8 years ago)	5 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$379	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	1920	10752
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1305 MHz
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz	1755 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	300 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	202.0	589.7
Floating-point processing power	6.463 TFLOPS	37.74 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	112
TMUs	120	336
Tensor Cores	no data	336
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	84

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	8-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	48 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	8 GB/s	1812 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	695.8 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 Connectors	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 June 2016	5 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	48 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	300 Watt

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