A100 SXM4 40 GB: specs and benchmarks
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Summary
NVIDIA started A100 SXM4 40 GB sales 14 May 2020. This is an Ampere architecture desktop card based on 7 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 40 GB of HBM2e memory clocked at 1.22 GHz are supplied, and together with 5120 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 1,555 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is an integrated graphics card. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 400 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about A100 SXM4 40 GB: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | |
| GPU code name | GA100 | |
| Market segment | Workstation | |
| Release date | 14 May 2020 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A100 SXM4 40 GB's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of A100 SXM4 40 GB's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 6912 | of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000) |
| Core clock speed | 1095 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Boost clock speed | 1410 MHz | of 3230 MHz (Radeon RX 9060 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 54,200 million | of 185,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI350X) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 400 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 609.1 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Floating-point processing power | 19.49 TFLOPS | of 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| ROPs | 160 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 432 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Tensor Cores | 432 | of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of A100 SXM4 40 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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Width | IGP | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on A100 SXM4 40 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 type | HBM2e | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 40 GB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 5120 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1215 MHz | of 16000 GB/s (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,555 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Resizable BAR | + |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on A100 SXM4 40 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 Connectors | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
APIs supported by A100 SXM4 40 GB, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | N/A | |
| Shader Model | N/A | |
| OpenGL | N/A | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 5090 D) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| Vulkan | N/A | |
| CUDA | 8.0 | |
| DLSS | + |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to A100 SXM4 40 GB is Radeon Pro V620.
Similar GPUs
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