A100 SXM4 vs Radeon R9 Nano

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	308	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.76	no data
Power efficiency	8.93	no data
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	Fiji	GA100
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Design	reference	no data
Release date	27 August 2015 (10 years ago)	14 May 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	4096	6912
Compute units	64	no data
Core clock speed	no data	1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	8,900 million	54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	400 Watt
Texture fill rate	256.0	609.1
Floating-point processing power	8.192 TFLOPS	19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	160
TMUs	256	432
Tensor Cores	no data	432
L1 Cache	1 MB	20.3 MB
L2 Cache	2 MB	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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	152 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Bridgeless CrossFire	+	-

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	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)	HBM2E
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	+	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	40 GB
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	5120 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	+	-
CrossFire	+	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TressFX	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
VCE	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.3	6.5
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2.140
Mantle	+	-
CUDA	-	8.0
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 August 2015	14 May 2020
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	40 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	400 Watt