A100 SXM4 vs Radeon HD 6480G
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1248 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.33 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Sumo | GA100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 14 June 2011 (14 years ago) | 14 May 2020 (5 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 | 240 | 6912 |
| Core clock speed | 444 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 54,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 400 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.328 | 609.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2131 TFLOPS | 19.49 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 160 |
| TMUs | 12 | 432 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 432 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 20.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 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 | IGP | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | System Shared | HBM2E |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 40 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 5120 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1215 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 1,555 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| 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 | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.140 |
| CUDA | - | 8.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 June 2011 | 14 May 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 400 Watt |
HD 6480G has 1042.9% lower power consumption.
A100 SXM4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 357.1% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6480G and A100 SXM4. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6480G is a notebook graphics card while A100 SXM4 is a workstation one.
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