A100 SXM4 vs Radeon RX 5800 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 23GA100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release dateno data14 May 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 cores33286912
Core clock speedno data1410 MHz
Boost clock speed1775 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt400 Watt
Texture fill rate369.2609.1
Floating-point processing power11.81 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs64160
TMUs208432
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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 amount8 GB40 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.140
CUDA-8.0

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 40 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 400 Watt

RX 5800 XT has 45.5% lower power consumption.

A100 SXM4, on the other hand, has a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5800 XT and A100 SXM4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5800 XT is a desktop card while A100 SXM4 is a workstation one.


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