GeForce 256 DDR vs A100 PCIe
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | GA100 | NV10 A3 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 22 June 2020 (5 years ago) | 23 December 1999 (26 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 cores | 6912 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1410 MHz | 120 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 54,200 million | 17 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 220 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 609.1 | 0.48 |
| Floating-point processing power | 19.49 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 160 | 4 |
| TMUs | 432 | 4 |
| Tensor Cores | 432 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 20.3 MB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 40 MB | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | None |
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 type | HBM2e | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 40 GB | 32 MB |
| Memory bus width | 5120 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1215 MHz | 150 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,555 GB/s | 4.8 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x VGA |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 7.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.0 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 June 2020 | 23 December 1999 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 40 GB | 32 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 220 nm |
A100 PCIe has an age advantage of 20 years, a 127900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3042.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between A100 PCIe and GeForce 256 DDR. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that A100 PCIe is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 256 DDR is a desktop one.
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