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Best GPUs for deep learning, AI development, compute in 2023–2024. Recommended GPU & hardware for AI training, inference (LLMs, generative AI). GPU training, inference benchmarks using PyTorch, TensorFlow for computer vision (CV), NLP, text-to-speech, etc.
We benchmark these GPUs and compare AI performance (deep learning training; FP16, FP32, PyTorch, TensorFlow), 3d rendering, Cryo-EM performance in the most popular apps (Octane, VRay, Redshift, Blender, Luxmark, Unreal Engine, Relion Cryo-EM).
Our benchmarks will help you decide which GPU (NVIDIA RTX 4090/4080, H100 Hopper, H200, A100, RTX 6000 Ada, A6000, A5000, or RTX 6000 ADA Lovelace) is the best GPU for your needs. We provide an in-depth analysis of the AI performance of each graphic card's performance so you can make the most informed decision possible. We offer deep learning and 3d rendering benchmarks that will help you get the most out of your hardware.
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- NVIDIA RTX 3080 vs. 3080 Ti vs. RTX 3090
- NVIDIA RTX 3090 vs. NVIDIA A6000
- NVIDIA A6000 vs. A5000 vs. NVIDIA RTX 3090
- NVIDIA A100 vs. NVIDIA A6000
- NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti vs. Titan RTX vs Quadro RTX8000
Benchmarks
Deep Learning GPU Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]
Resnet50 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1071
NVIDIA A40
1262
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
2922
NVIDIA A40
5641
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Resnet50 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Resnet50 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
596
NVIDIA A40
431
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1625
NVIDIA A40
2134
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Resnet50 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Resnet152 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
491
NVIDIA A40
511
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1029
NVIDIA A40
2285
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Resnet152 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Resnet152 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
223
NVIDIA A40
166
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
434
NVIDIA A40
822
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Resnet152 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Inception V3 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
715
NVIDIA A40
761
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1720
NVIDIA A40
3402
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Inception V3 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Inception V3 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
399
NVIDIA A40
273
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1267
NVIDIA A40
1349
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Inception V3 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Inception V4 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
383
NVIDIA A40
353
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1022
NVIDIA A40
1575
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Inception V4 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Inception V4 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
156
NVIDIA A40
122
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
319
NVIDIA A40
602
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Inception V4 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
VGG16 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
577
NVIDIA A40
450
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1004
NVIDIA A40
2012
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
VGG16 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
VGG16 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
341
NVIDIA A40
248
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1077
NVIDIA A40
1223
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
VGG16 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Googlenet (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Googlenet (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
3D, GPU Rendering Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]
V-Ray
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
2185
NVIDIA A40
2540
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Octane
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
769
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Redshift
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
2.3
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Blender
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
6010.36
NVIDIA A40
4439.17
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Luxmark
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
95123
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Unreal Engine
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
47.6
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
RELION Cryo-EM Benchmarks 2024-2025 [Updated]
Total run time
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
165.9
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
57.1
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
BERT LARGE Training, Inference Benchmark 2024-2025 [Updated]
Training Time (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Performance (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Training Time (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Performance (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Llama3 70B Inference Benchmark 2024–2025 [Updated]
Eval rate
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
2 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A40
n/a
Technical Specifications
Board Design
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 336 mm | 267 mm |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin | 8-pin EPS |
| Slot width | Triple-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 350 W | 300 W |
Clock Speeds
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1695 MHz | 1740 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1395 MHz | 1305 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 19500 MHz | 14500 MHz |
Graphics Card
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 30 | Tesla (Axx) |
Graphics Features
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A40 | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.6 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 8.6 |
Graphics Processor
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| Die Size | 628 mm2 | 628 mm2 |
| GPU Name | GA102-300-A1 | GA102 |
| Process Size | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Transistors | 28300 million | 28300 million |
Memory
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 936.2 GB/s | 695.8 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 384 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Size | 24 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
Render Config
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A40 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 112 | 112 |
| RT Cores | 82 | 84 |
| Shading Units/ CUDA Cores | 10496 | 10752 |
| TMUs | 328 | 336 |
| Tensor Cores | 328 | 336 |
Theoretical Performance
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A40 | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 35.58 TFLOPS | 37.42 TFLOPS |
| FP32 (float) performance | 35.58 TFLOPS | 37.42 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 556 GFLOPS | 584.6 GFLOPS |
| Pixel Rate | 189.8 GPixel/s | 194.9 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 556 GTexel/s | 584.6 GTexel/s |
Price
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A40 | |
|---|---|---|
| MSRP | 1499 $ | $ |
| Release Date | Sep 1st, 2020 | Oct 5th, 2020 |
Test bench configuration
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | BIZON X5000 More details | BIZON X5000 More details |
| Software | 3D Rendering: Nvidia Driver: 456.38 VRay Benchmark: 5 Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5 Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo Blender: 2.90 Luxmark: 3.1 | 3D Rendering: Nvidia Driver: 461.40 VRay Benchmark: 5 Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5 Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo Blender: 2.90 Luxmark: 3.1 |
Recommended hardware
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Best GPU workstations | BIZON X5500 | BIZON X5500 |
| Best NVIDIA GPU servers | BIZON X7000 |