Tesla A100 vs FirePro W8100

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking290not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.00no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameHawaiiGA100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date23 June 2014 (10 years ago)14 May 2020 (4 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 cores25607936
Core clock speed824 MHz1110 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million38,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)220 Watt260 Watt
Texture fill rate131.8550.6
Floating-point processing power4.219 TFLOPS17.62 TFLOPS
ROPs64128
TMUs160496

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length279 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount8 GB40 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s1,229 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x SDINo outputs
StereoOutput3D+-
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support+-
HD сomponent video output+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 June 2014 14 May 2020
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 40 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 220 Watt 260 Watt

FirePro W8100 has 18.2% lower power consumption.

Tesla A100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W8100 and Tesla A100. We've got no test results to judge.


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