A100 PCIe 40 GB vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking49not rated
Place by popularity23not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation69.03no data
Power efficiency18.20no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA104GA100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date1 December 2020 (4 years ago)22 June 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores48646912
Core clock speed1410 MHz765 MHz
Boost clock speed1665 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate253.1609.1
Floating-point processing power16.2 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs80160
TMUs152432
Tensor Cores152432
Ray Tracing Cores38no 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length242 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin8-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 typeGDDR6HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount8 GB40 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s1,555 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.5N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2N/A
CUDA8.68.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 December 2020 22 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 40 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 250 Watt

RTX 3060 Ti has an age advantage of 5 months, and 25% lower power consumption.

A100 PCIe 40 GB, on the other hand, has a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and A100 PCIe 40 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is a desktop card while A100 PCIe 40 GB is a workstation one.


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