H100 SXM5 96 GB vs GeForce RTX 4080

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking3not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation29.01no data
Power efficiency19.25no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Hopper (2022−2023)
GPU code nameAD103GH100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date20 September 2022 (2 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 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 cores972816896
Core clock speed2205 MHz1665 MHz
Boost clock speed2505 MHz1837 MHz
Number of transistors45,900 million80,000 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)320 Watt700 Watt
Texture fill rate761.5969.9
Floating-point processing power48.74 TFLOPS62.08 TFLOPS
ROPs11224
TMUs304528
Tensor Cores304528
Ray Tracing Cores76no 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 5.0 x16
Length310 mmno data
Width3-slotSXM Module
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-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 typeGDDR6XHBM3
Maximum RAM amount16 GB96 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth716.8 GB/s1,681 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 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.7N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.99.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 September 2022 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 96 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 320 Watt 700 Watt

RTX 4080 has 118.8% lower power consumption.

H100 SXM5 96 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4080 and H100 SXM5 96 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4080 is a desktop card while H100 SXM5 96 GB is a workstation one.


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