A100 PCIe 80 GB vs GeForce 9800M GTX SLI

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking763not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.43no data
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNB9E-GTXGA100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date15 July 2008 (16 years ago)28 June 2021 (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 cores2246912
Core clock speed500 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1410 MHz
Number of transistors3016 Million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rateno data609.1
Floating-point processing powerno data19.49 TFLOPS
ROPsno data160
TMUsno data432
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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data8-pin EPS
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount1 GB80 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1593 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data2,039 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX10N/A
Shader Modelno dataN/A
OpenGLno dataN/A
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA+8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 July 2008 28 June 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 80 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 250 Watt

9800M GTX SLI has 66.7% lower power consumption.

A100 PCIe 80 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 7900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800M GTX SLI and A100 PCIe 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is a notebook card while A100 PCIe 80 GB is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX SLI
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