B200 SXM 192 GB vs RTX A5000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking36not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency17.67no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Blackwell (2024)
GPU code nameGA102GB100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date12 April 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 cores819216896
Core clock speed1170 MHz1665 MHz
Boost clock speed1695 MHz1837 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million208,000 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt1000 Watt
Texture fill rate433.9969.9
Floating-point processing power27.77 TFLOPS62.08 TFLOPS
ROPs9624
TMUs256528
Tensor Cores256528
Ray Tracing Cores64no 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
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotSXM Module
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 amount24 GB96 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth768.0 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort 1.4aNo 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 24 GB 96 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 1000 Watt

RTX A5000 has 334.8% lower power consumption.

B200 SXM 192 GB, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between RTX A5000 and B200 SXM 192 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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