NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80 GB: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

NVIDIA started A100 PCIe 80 GB sales 28 June 2021. This is a desktop graphics card based on an Ampere architecture and made with 7 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 80 GB of HBM2e memory clocked at 3.2 GB/s are supplied, and together with 5120 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 2,039 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. 8-pin EPS power connector is required, and power consumption is at 250 Watt.

We have no data on A100 PCIe 80 GB benchmark results.

General info

Some basic facts about A100 PCIe 80 GB: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance rankingnot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameGA100
Market segmentDesktop
Release date28 June 2021 (2 years old)
Current price$168889

Technical specs

A100 PCIe 80 GB's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of A100 PCIe 80 GB's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores6912of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Boost clock speed1410 MHzof 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors54,200 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology7 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate609.1of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of A100 PCIe 80 GB and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPS

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on A100 PCIe 80 GB: 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 typeHBM2e
Maximum RAM amount80 GBof 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width5120 Bitof 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed3.2 GB/sof 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth2,039 GB/sof 3276 (Aldebaran)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on A100 PCIe 80 GB. 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 ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

APIs supported by A100 PCIe 80 GB, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectXN/A
Shader ModelN/A
OpenGLN/Aof 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL3.0
VulkanN/A
CUDA8.0

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of A100 PCIe 80 GB. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


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AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to A100 PCIe 80 GB is Radeon RX 6800 XT.

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