A100 SXM4 80 GB vs RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking42not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAda LovelaceAmpere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameDG2-512GA100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 October 2022 (1 year ago)16 November 2020 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores40966912
Core clock speed930 MHz1410 MHz
Boost clock speed1680 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistorsno data54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology6 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt400 Watt
Texture fill rateno data609.1

Form factor & compatibility

Information on RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile and A100 SXM4 80 GB compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 amount16 GB80 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed20000 MHz3.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data2,039 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 UltimateN/A
Shader Modelno dataN/A
OpenGLno dataN/A
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkanno dataN/A
CUDAno data8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2022 16 November 2020
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 80 GB
Chip lithography 6 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 400 Watt

We couldn't decide between RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile and A100 SXM4 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile is a notebook card while A100 SXM4 80 GB is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile
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