Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs A100 SXM4 80 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	no data
GPU code name	GA100	no data
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	16 November 2020 (4 years ago)	10 November 2020 (4 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 cores	6912	16
Core clock speed	1095 MHz	1296 MHz
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	54,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	400 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	609.1	no data
Floating-point processing power	19.49 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	160	no data
TMUs	432	no data
Tensor Cores	432	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	no data
Width	IGP	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	HBM2e	LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount	80 GB	no data
Memory bus width	5120 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1593 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	2,039 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors

No outputs

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	N/A	no data
Shader Model	N/A	no data
OpenGL	N/A	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	8.0	-

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	400 Watt	10 Watt

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