A100 PCIe 80 GB vs GeForce GTX 980MX

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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
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM204GA100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 June 2016 (8 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 cores16646912
Core clock speed1050 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speed1178 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)148 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate122.5609.1
Floating-point processing power3.92 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs64160
TMUs104432
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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone8-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 amount8 GB80 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1593 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s2,039 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_1)N/A
Shader Model6.4N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.28.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2016 28 June 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 80 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 148 Watt 250 Watt

GTX 980MX has 68.9% lower power consumption.

A100 PCIe 80 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980MX and A100 PCIe 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980MX is a notebook card while A100 PCIe 80 GB is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX
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