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 rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA100no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date16 November 2020 (3 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 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 cores691216
Core clock speed1095 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1410 MHzno data
Number of transistors54,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt10 Watt
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 x16no data
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 typeHBM2eLPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount80 GBno data
Memory bus width5120 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1593 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth2,039 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/Ano data
Shader ModelN/Ano data
OpenGLN/Ano data
OpenCL2.0no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA8.0-

Pros & cons summary


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

Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU has a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 3900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A100 SXM4 80 GB and Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A100 SXM4 80 GB is a workstation card while Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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