A100 PCIe 40 GB vs Quadro P4200 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking187not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency21.40no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104GA100
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date21 February 2018 (6 years ago)22 June 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 cores23046912
Core clock speed1215 MHz765 MHz
Boost clock speed1480 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate213.1609.1
Floating-point processing power6.82 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs64160
TMUs144432
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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 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 GB40 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1753 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.4 GB/s1,555 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)N/A
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA6.18.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 February 2018 22 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 40 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 250 Watt

P4200 Max-Q has 150% lower power consumption.

A100 PCIe 40 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P4200 Max-Q and A100 PCIe 40 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P4200 Max-Q is a mobile workstation card while A100 PCIe 40 GB is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro P4200 Max-Q
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