A30 PCIe vs Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	155	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.33	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	N19E-Q3	GA100
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	27 May 2019 (4 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$2890	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	3584
Core clock speed	1110 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	1440 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	165 Watt
Texture fill rate	249.6	322.6

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile and A30 PCIe compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	GDDR6	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	3072 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	2.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	933.1 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	No outputs	No outputs
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

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no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	N/A
Shader Model	6.5	N/A
OpenGL	4.6	N/A
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	7.5	8.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 May 2019	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	165 Watt

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