RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB vs Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB

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
ArchitectureVolta (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGV100GA104
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date21 June 2017 (7 years ago)12 April 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 cores51204096
Core clock speed1312 MHz495 MHz
Boost clock speed1530 MHz1170 MHz
Number of transistors21,100 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate489.6149.8
Floating-point processing power15.67 TFLOPS9.585 TFLOPS
ROPs12864
TMUs320128
Tensor Cores640128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB12 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed876 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth897.0 GB/s336.0 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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 June 2017 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 70 Watt

Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 257.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB and RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB is a workstation card while RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB
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