Radeon R7 265 vs A100 PCIe

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated433
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.06
Power efficiencyno data4.80
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGA100Pitcairn
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date22 June 2020 (4 years ago)13 February 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$149

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores69121024
Core clock speed1410 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data925 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate609.159.20
Floating-point processing power19.49 TFLOPS1.894 TFLOPS
ROPs16032
TMUs43264
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).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm210 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1 x 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 typeHBM2eGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount40 GB4 GB
Memory bus width5120 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1215 MHz1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth1,555 GB/s179.2 GB/s

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 outputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity-+
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire-+
FreeSync-+
DDMA audiono data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)DirectX® 12
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2-
CUDA8.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 June 2020 13 February 2014
Maximum RAM amount 40 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 150 Watt

A100 PCIe has an age advantage of 6 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

R7 265, on the other hand, has 66.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A100 PCIe and Radeon R7 265. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A100 PCIe is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 265 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA A100 PCIe
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