B200 SXM 192 GB vs RTX A500

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking312not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency20.06no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Blackwell (2024)
GPU code nameGA107GB100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date10 November 2021 (3 years ago)2024 (recently)

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 cores204816896
Core clock speed1440 MHz1665 MHz
Boost clock speed1770 MHz1837 MHz
Number of transistorsno data208,000 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt1000 Watt
Texture fill rate113.3969.9
Floating-point processing power7.25 TFLOPS62.08 TFLOPS
ROPs3224
TMUs64528
Tensor Cores64528
Ray Tracing Cores16no 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 x8PCIe 5.0 x16
Width1-slotSXM Module
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR6HBM3e
Maximum RAM amount4 GB96 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s4.1 TB/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 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.7N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.69.0

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 96 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 1000 Watt

RTX A500 has 1566.7% lower power consumption.

B200 SXM 192 GB, on the other hand, has a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between RTX A500 and B200 SXM 192 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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