A10 PCIe vs A100 SXM4 40 GB

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA100GA102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date14 May 2020 (4 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 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 cores69129216
Core clock speed1095 MHz885 MHz
Boost clock speed1410 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate609.1488.2
Floating-point processing power19.49 TFLOPS31.24 TFLOPS
ROPs16096
TMUs432288
Tensor Cores432288
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone8-pin EPS

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 typeHBM2eGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount40 GB24 GB
Memory bus width5120 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1215 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth1,555 GB/s600.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader ModelN/A6.6
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCL2.03.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA8.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2020 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 40 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 150 Watt

A100 SXM4 40 GB has a 66.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

A10 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and 166.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A100 SXM4 40 GB and A10 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.


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