Quadro NVS 120M vs A100 SXM4
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) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | GA100 | G72 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 14 May 2020 (4 years ago) | 1 June 2006 (18 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 | 7 |
| Core clock speed | 1410 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 54,200 million | 112 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 400 Watt | 10 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 609.1 | 1.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 19.49 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 160 | 2 |
| TMUs | 432 | 4 |
| 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 | MXM-III |
| 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 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 40 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 5120 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1215 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,555 GB/s | 11.2 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.140 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 May 2020 | 1 June 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 40 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 400 Watt | 10 Watt |
A100 SXM4 has an age advantage of 13 years, a 7900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.
NVS 120M, on the other hand, has 3900% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between A100 SXM4 and Quadro NVS 120M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that A100 SXM4 is a workstation card while Quadro NVS 120M is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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