NVIDIA A100 PCIe: specs and benchmarks
- Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
- Core clock speed 1410 MHz
- Max video memory 40 GB
- Memory type HBM2e
- Memory clock speed 2.4 Gbps
- Maximum resolution
Summary
NVIDIA started A100 PCIe sales 22 June 2020. This is an Ampere architecture desktop card based on 7 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 40 GB of HBM2e memory clocked at 2.4 GB/s are supplied, and together with 5120 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 1,555 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 250 Watt.
We have no data on A100 PCIe benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about A100 PCIe: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance rating | not rated | |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2022) | |
| GPU code name | GA100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 22 June 2020 (2 years old) | |
| Current price | $38 | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Technical specs
A100 PCIe's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of A100 PCIe's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 6912 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 1410 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 54,200 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 250 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 609.1 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on A100 PCIe's 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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on A100 PCIe: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | HBM2e | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 40 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 5120 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 2.4 GB/s | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,555 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on A100 PCIe. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by A100 PCIe, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | |
| CUDA | 8.0 |
A100 PCIe AMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to A100 PCIe from AMD is Radeon RX 6800 XT.
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with A100 PCIe according to our statistics.
