GA106: specs and benchmarks
Summary
This is a desktop graphics card based on an Ampere architecture and made with 8 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market.
Primary details
Some basic facts about GA106: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2022) | |
| GPU code name | GA106 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | no data | |
| Current price | $90 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Detailed specifications
GA106's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GA106's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 3840 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Number of transistors | 12,000 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
Supported technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by GA106. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| NVENC | 7th Gen | |
| PureVideo HD | VP11 |
API compatibility
APIs supported by GA106, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | |
| CUDA | 8.6 |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GA106 according to our statistics.
