A100 PCIe vs Quadro NVS 300M

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG73GA100
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date24 May 2006 (18 years ago)22 June 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 cores136912
Core clock speed500 MHz1410 MHz
Boost clock speed450 MHzno data
Number of transistors177 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)16 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate2.000609.1
Floating-point processing powerno data19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs2160
TMUs4432
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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 amount256 MB40 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s1,555 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.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.5
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 May 2006 22 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 40 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 16 Watt 250 Watt

NVS 300M has 1462.5% lower power consumption.

A100 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 15900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 300M and A100 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 300M is a mobile workstation card while A100 PCIe is a workstation one.


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