A100 SXM4 80 GB vs Quadro M5500

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	265	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	9.54	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GM204	GA100
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Release date	8 April 2016 (8 years ago)	16 November 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 cores	2048	6912
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	1095 MHz
Boost clock speed	1165 MHz	1410 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	400 Watt
Texture fill rate	149.1	609.1
Floating-point processing power	4.772 TFLOPS	19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	160
TMUs	128	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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Width	no data	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	8 GB	80 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	5120 Bit
Memory clock speed	1753 MHz	1593 MHz
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	2,039 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2	no data
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	N/A
Shader Model	6.4	N/A
OpenGL	4.5	N/A
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	+	8.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 April 2016	16 November 2020
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	80 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	400 Watt

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