A10 PCIe vs GRID K100

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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
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK107GA102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date28 June 2013 (11 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$63 no data

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 cores1929216
Core clock speed850 MHz885 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate13.60488.2
Floating-point processing power0.3264 TFLOPS31.24 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs16288
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data8-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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB24 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed891 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.51 GB/s600.2 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 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA3.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2013 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 150 Watt

GRID K100 has 15.4% lower power consumption.

A10 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GRID K100 and A10 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.


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