RTX A500 vs Tesla V100 PCIe

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated312
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data20.06
ArchitectureVolta (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGV100GA107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date21 June 2017 (7 years ago)10 November 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 cores51202048
Core clock speed1246 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speed1380 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors21,100 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate441.6113.3
Floating-point processing powerno data7.25 TFLOPS
ROPs12832
TMUs32064
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 x8
Width2-slot1-slot
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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB4 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1758 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth900.1 GB/s112.0 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA7.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 June 2017 10 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 60 Watt

Tesla V100 PCIe has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX A500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 316.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla V100 PCIe and RTX A500. We've got no test results to judge.


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