A100 PCIe 80 GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking519not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.84no data
Power efficiency3.20no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF114GA100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date25 January 2011 (13 years ago)28 June 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3846912
Core clock speed823 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1410 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate52.67609.1
Floating-point processing power1.263 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs32160
TMUs64432
Tensor Coresno data432

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 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin8-pin EPS

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 amount1 GB80 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1002 MHz1593 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.3 GB/s2,039 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.1N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.18.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 January 2011 28 June 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 80 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 250 Watt

GTX 560 Ti has 47.1% lower power consumption.

A100 PCIe 80 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 7900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 560 Ti and A100 PCIe 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a desktop card while A100 PCIe 80 GB is a workstation one.


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