NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

NVIDIA started A100 SXM4 40 GB sales 14 May 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 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

Of A100 SXM4 40 GB's architecture, market type and release date.

Place in performance rating

not rated

Architecture

Ampere

GPU code name

GA100

Market segment

Desktop

Release date

14 May 2020

Technical specs

A100 SXM4 40 GB's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core 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 10752 (GA102)

Boost Clock

1410 MHz

of 2410 (Radeon RX 6900 XTX)

Transistor count

54,200 million

of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)

Manufacturing process technology

7 nm

of 5 (Apple M1 GPU)

Power consumption (TDP)

400 Watt

of 900 (Tesla S2050)

Texture fill rate

609.1

of 771.2 (Radeon RX 6900 XTX)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on A100 SXM4 40 GB'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

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 don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type

HBM2e

Maximum RAM amount

40 GB

of 80 (A100 SXM4 80 GB)

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 SXM4 40 GB. 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