A800 PCIe 40 GB vs FirePro S9150

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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
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameHawaiiGA100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date7 August 2014 (10 years ago)8 November 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 cores28166912
Core clock speed900 MHz765 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1410 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)235 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate158.4609.1
Floating-point processing power5.069 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs64160
TMUs176432
Tensor Coresno data432

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR5HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount16 GB40 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s1,555 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)N/A
Shader Model6.3N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 August 2014 8 November 2022
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 40 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 235 Watt 250 Watt

FirePro S9150 has 6.4% lower power consumption.

A800 PCIe 40 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro S9150 and A800 PCIe 40 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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