A100 PCIe 80 GB vs RTX A5000 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking95not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency19.82no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA104GA100
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)28 June 2021 (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 cores61446912
Core clock speed900 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speed1575 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate302.4609.1
Floating-point processing power19.35 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs96160
TMUs192432
Tensor Cores192432
Ray Tracing Cores48no 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data8-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 amount16 GB80 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1593 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s2,039 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo 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
CUDA8.68.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2021 28 June 2021
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 80 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 250 Watt

RTX A5000 Mobile has 66.7% lower power consumption.

A100 PCIe 80 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between RTX A5000 Mobile and A100 PCIe 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A5000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while A100 PCIe 80 GB is a workstation one.


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