A100 SXM4 vs GeForce GTX 465

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	554	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.16	no data
Power efficiency	2.53	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GF100	GA100
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	31 May 2010 (14 years ago)	14 May 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	352	6912
CUDA cores	352	no data
Core clock speed	607 MHz	1410 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	400 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	26.75	609.1
Floating-point processing power	0.8554 TFLOPS	19.49 TFLOPS
Compute performance	30x	no data
ROPs	32	160
TMUs	44	432
Tensor Cores	no data	432

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 support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
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 type	GDDR5	HBM2E
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	40 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	5120 Bit
Memory clock speed	1603 MHz (3206 data rate)	1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth	102.6 GB/s	1,555 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 Connectors	Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.140
CUDA	+	8.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	31 May 2010	14 May 2020
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	40 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	400 Watt

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