GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile vs A100 SXM4 40 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated53
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data30.94
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA100GA103S
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date14 May 2020 (4 years ago)25 January 2022 (2 years ago)

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 cores69127424
Core clock speed1095 MHz810 MHz
Boost clock speed1410 MHz1260 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate609.1292.3
Floating-point processing power19.49 TFLOPS18.71 TFLOPS
ROPs16096
TMUs432232
Tensor Cores432232
Ray Tracing Coresno data58

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeHBM2eGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount40 GB16 GB
Memory bus width5120 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1215 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth1,555 GB/s512.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader ModelN/A6.5
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCL2.03.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA8.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2020 25 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 40 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 115 Watt

A100 SXM4 40 GB has a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3080 Ti Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 247.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A100 SXM4 40 GB and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A100 SXM4 40 GB is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
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