RTX 5000 Ada Generation vs Tesla V100 DGXS 16 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated16
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data20.10
ArchitectureVolta (2017−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGV100AD102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date27 March 2018 (6 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year 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 cores512012800
Core clock speed1327 MHz1155 MHz
Boost clock speed1530 MHz2550 MHz
Number of transistors21,100 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate489.61,020
Floating-point processing power15.67 TFLOPS65.28 TFLOPS
ROPs128176
TMUs320400
Tensor Cores640400
Ray Tracing Coresno data100

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
Lengthno data267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin

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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB32 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed876 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth897.0 GB/s576.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA7.08.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 March 2018 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm

RTX 5000 Ada Generation has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla V100 DGXS 16 GB and RTX 5000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Tesla V100 DGXS 16 GB
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