NVIDIA A10
The NVIDIA A10 is a graphics card released on April 12, 2021, built on the Ampere architecture. It has a boost clock of 1.70 GHz. It scores 21,687 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports CUDA compute capability 8.6.
Depth: 18 recorded fields, 10 features, 5 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, NVIDIA Developer: CUDA GPUs, NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 5 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA A10 scores 21,687 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 97.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #79), measured across 3 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 983.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA A10 averages DirectX 9 247 fps, DirectX 10 120 fps, DirectX 11 152 fps, DirectX 12 100 fps and GPU Compute 10,618 ops/s, across 3 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
Not to be confused with
This page covers the NVIDIA A10 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA A10-12Q, NVIDIA A10-24Q, NVIDIA A10-4Q, NVIDIA A10-8Q, NVIDIA A100-SXM4-40GB, NVIDIA A10G, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA A10 is based on the Ampere architecture.
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA A10 72 streaming multiprocessors.
The NVIDIA A10 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA A10.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA A10 boosts to 1.70 GHz.
Memory
Market
The NVIDIA A10 was released on April 12, 2021.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA A10 supports CUDA compute capability 8.6.
Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA A10. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA A10.
Features
The NVIDIA A10 has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.
Compute and AI
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Supported: CUDA Compute capability 8.6Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.
Not listed (2)
No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA A10 supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.
The NVIDIA A10 supports CUDA (Compute capability 8.6) under Compute and AI.
Media engine
The NVIDIA A10 provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9. It does not support hardware encode for AV1.
| Codec | Encode | Decode |
|---|---|---|
| H.264 (AVC) | Supported4:4:4: Yes | Supported |
| HEVC (H.265) | Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: Yes; 10-bit: Yes; B-frames: Yes; 8K: Yes | Supported4:4:4: Yes |
| AV1 | Not supported | Supported |
| VP9 | Not stated by the vendor | Supported |
supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor
Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA A10: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (7th Generation, encoder engines: 1) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (5th Generation, decoder engines: 2).
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA A10 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA A10-24Q.
Frequently asked questions
How fast is the NVIDIA A10?
The NVIDIA A10 scores 21,687 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 97.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #79. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 100 fps.
Does the NVIDIA A10 support AV1 encoding?
No. Feex records AV1 hardware encoding as explicitly not supported on the NVIDIA A10, although it can decode AV1 in hardware.
What is the CUDA compute capability of the NVIDIA A10?
The NVIDIA A10 has CUDA compute capability 8.6.
When was the NVIDIA A10 released?
The NVIDIA A10 was released on April 12, 2021.