A100 PCIe 80 GB vs Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking169not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.78no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU104GA100
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date27 May 2019 (5 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 cores25606912
Core clock speed780 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speed1380 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate220.8609.1
Floating-point processing power7.066 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs64160
TMUs160432
Tensor Cores320432
Ray Tracing Cores40no data

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone8-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 typeGDDR6HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount8 GB80 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1625 MHz1593 MHz
Memory bandwidth416.0 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
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)N/A
Shader Model6.5N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA7.58.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2019 28 June 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 80 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 250 Watt

RTX 4000 Max-Q has 212.5% lower power consumption.

A100 PCIe 80 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q and A100 PCIe 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation card while A100 PCIe 80 GB is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q
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