A100 PCIe 40 GB vs Radeon RX 570X

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking625not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.99no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code namePolaris 20GA100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date11 April 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 cores20486912
Core clock speed1168 MHz765 MHz
Boost clock speed1244 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate159.2609.1
Floating-point processing power5.095 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs32160
TMUs128432
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
Length241 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin8-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 speed1750 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)N/A
Shader Model6.4N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 April 2018 22 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 40 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 250 Watt

RX 570X has 108.3% 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 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 570X and A100 PCIe 40 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 570X is a desktop card while A100 PCIe 40 GB is a workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon RX 570X
Radeon RX 570X
NVIDIA A100 PCIe 40 GB
A100 PCIe 40 GB

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


2.3 34 votes

Rate Radeon RX 570X on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.4 8 votes

Rate A100 PCIe 40 GB on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.