A800 PCIe 40 GB vs Radeon E9172 MXM
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Lexa | GA100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 3 October 2017 (8 years ago) | 8 November 2022 (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 cores | 512 | 6912 |
| Core clock speed | 1124 MHz | 765 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1219 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,200 million | 54,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 39.01 | 609.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.248 TFLOPS | 19.49 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 160 |
| TMUs | 32 | 432 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 432 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | 20.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 40 MB |
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).
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 8-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 type | GDDR5 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 40 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 5120 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1215 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 48 GB/s | 1,555 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 8.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 October 2017 | 8 November 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 40 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 250 Watt |
E9172 MXM has 614.3% lower power consumption.
A800 PCIe 40 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 1900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon E9172 MXM and A800 PCIe 40 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon E9172 MXM is a notebook graphics card while A800 PCIe 40 GB is a workstation one.
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