RTX 5000 Ada Generation vs A100 SXM4

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated12
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data20.84
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA100AD102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date14 May 2020 (4 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year 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 cores691212800
Core clock speed1410 MHz1155 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2550 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate609.11,020
Floating-point processing power19.49 TFLOPS65.28 TFLOPS
ROPs160176
TMUs432400
Tensor Cores432400
Ray Tracing Coresno data100

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
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin

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 GB32 GB
Memory bus width5120 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1215 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth1,555 GB/s576.0 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 outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1401.3
CUDA8.08.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2020 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 40 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 250 Watt

A100 SXM4 has a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 5000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 60% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A100 SXM4 and RTX 5000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.


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