GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q vs A100 PCIe

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGA100TU116
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date22 June 2020 (4 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$229

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 cores6912no data
Core clock speed1410 MHz1140 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1335 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattno data
Texture fill rate609.1no data
Floating-point processing power19.49 TFLOPSno data
ROPs160no data
TMUs432no data
Tensor Cores432no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 6-pin

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 typeHBM2eno data
Maximum RAM amount40 GBno data
Memory bus width5120 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1215 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth1,555 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2-
CUDA8.0-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 7 nm 12 nm

A100 PCIe has a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A100 PCIe and GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A100 PCIe is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 1660 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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