NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB: specs and benchmarks
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 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 an integrated video card. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 400 Watt.
We have no data on A100 SXM4 40 GB benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about A100 SXM4 40 GB: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2022) | |
| GPU code name | GA100 | |
| Market segment | Workstation | |
| Release date | 14 May 2020 (3 years old) | |
| Current price | $4795 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Technical specs
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 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1410 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 54,200 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 400 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 609.1 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and 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 | |
| Width | IGP | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
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 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 5120 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
| Memory clock speed | 2.4 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,555 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
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 support
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 GTX 1080 Mobile) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| Vulkan | N/A | |
| CUDA | 8.0 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to A100 SXM4 40 GB is Radeon RX 6800 XT.
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