GRID A100B vs Radeon HD 6830M
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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 | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Granville | GA100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 4 January 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 | 800 | 6912 |
| Core clock speed | 575 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1005 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,040 million | 54,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 39 Watt | 400 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 23.00 | 434.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.92 TFLOPS | 13.89 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 192 |
| TMUs | 40 | 432 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 432 |
| L1 Cache | 80 KB | 20.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 48 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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 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 | DDR3 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 6144 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1215 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 1,866 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 |
| CUDA | - | 8.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 January 2011 | 14 May 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 48 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 39 Watt | 400 Watt |
HD 6830M has 925.6% lower power consumption.
GRID A100B, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6830M and GRID A100B. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6830M is a notebook graphics card while GRID A100B is a workstation one.
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