A100 PCIe 80 GB vs Quadro NVS 140M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1389not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.39no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG86GA100
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date9 May 2007 (17 years ago)28 June 2021 (3 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 cores166912
Core clock speed400 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1410 MHz
Number of transistors210 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate3.200609.1
Floating-point processing power0.0256 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs4160
TMUs8432
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
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data8-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 typeGDDR3HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount512 MB80 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz1593 MHz
Memory bandwidth9.6 GB/s2,039 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)N/A
Shader Model4.0N/A
OpenGL3.3N/A
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.18.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 May 2007 28 June 2021
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 80 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 250 Watt

NVS 140M has 2400% lower power consumption.

A100 PCIe 80 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 15900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1042.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 140M and A100 PCIe 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 140M is a mobile workstation card while A100 PCIe 80 GB is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
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