Tesla A100 vs GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking181not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency26.28no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU106BGA100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date29 January 2019 (5 years ago)14 May 2020 (4 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 cores23047936
Core clock speed885 MHz1110 MHz
Boost clock speed1185 MHzno data
Number of transistors10,800 million38,000 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt260 Watt
Texture fill rate170.6550.6
Floating-point processing power5.46 TFLOPS17.62 TFLOPS
ROPs64128
TMUs144496
Tensor Cores288no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no data

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
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR6HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount8 GB40 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s1,229 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 outputsNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 January 2019 14 May 2020
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 40 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 260 Watt

RTX 2070 Max-Q has 225% lower power consumption.

Tesla A100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q and Tesla A100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q is a notebook card while Tesla A100 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
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