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NVIDIA A100 PCIe: specs and benchmarks
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Games supported
40%
- 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
Year of release
2020
Performance
Graphics card
Technical data and tests
NVIDIA A100 PCIe
NVIDIA A100 PCIe
Summary
NVIDIA started A100 PCIe sales 22 June 2020. This is 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
Of A100 PCIe's architecture, market segment and release date.
| Place in performance rating | not rated | |
| Architecture | Ampere | |
| GPU code name | GA100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 22 June 2020 (1 year ago) |
Value for money
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 14080 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Core clock speed | 1410 MHz | of 2233 (Playstation 5 GPU) |
| Number of transistors | 54,200 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | of 5 (Apple M1 GPU) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 250 Watt | of 900 (Tesla S2050) |
| Texture fill rate | 609.1 | of 779.2 (Radeon RX 6900 XTX) |
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 video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| 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 don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | HBM2e | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 40 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 5120 Bit | of 6144 (GRID A100A) |
| Memory clock speed | 2.4 GB/s | of 19500 (GeForce RTX 3090) |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,555 GB/s | of 1024 (Radeon VII) |
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 video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.
| 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 |
AMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to A100 PCIe from AMD is Radeon RX 6800 XT.
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