RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation vs A100 SXM4 80 GB

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated38
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameGA100AD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 November 2020 (3 years old)21 March 2023 (1 year old)

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores69126144
Core clock speed1410 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1410 MHz1565 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate609.1300.5

Size and 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 data168 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

Memory

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 amount80 GB20 GB
Memory bus width5120 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed3.2 GB/s14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth2,039 GB/s280.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 outputs4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API support

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

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader ModelN/A6.7
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCL2.03.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA8.08.9

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 16 November 2020 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 80 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 70 Watt

We couldn't decide between A100 SXM4 80 GB and RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.


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