A100 SXM4 80 GB vs P104-100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking456not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104GA100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date12 December 2017 (6 years ago)16 November 2020 (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 cores19206912
Core clock speed1607 MHz1095 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data400 Watt
Texture fill rate208.0609.1
Floating-point processing power6.655 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs64160
TMUs120432
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
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5XHBM2e
Maximum RAM amount4 GB80 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1251 MHz1593 MHz
Memory bandwidth320.3 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
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA6.18.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 December 2017 16 November 2020
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 80 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm

A100 SXM4 80 GB has an age advantage of 2 years, a 1900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

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