A100 SXM4 40 GB vs GeForce 8400 GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1318not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.75no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameG86GA100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date17 April 2007 (18 years ago)14 May 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$29.99 no data

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 cores166912
Core clock speed459 MHz1095 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1410 MHz
Number of transistors210 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt400 Watt
Texture fill rate3.672609.1
Floating-point processing power0.02938 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs4160
TMUs8432
Tensor Coresno data432
L1 Cacheno data20.3 MB
L2 Cache16 KB40 MB

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 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length170 mm267 mm
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options+-

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 typeDDR2HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount256 MB40 GB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s1,555 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)N/A
Shader Model4.0N/A
OpenGL2.1N/A
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.18.0
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 14 May 2020
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 40 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 400 Watt

8400 GS has 900% lower power consumption.

A100 SXM4 40 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 15900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1042.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8400 GS and A100 SXM4 40 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8400 GS is a desktop graphics card while A100 SXM4 40 GB is a workstation one.

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