A100 SXM4 80 GB vs Radeon RX 580 OEM

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Ellesmere	GA100
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	29 June 2016 (7 years ago)	16 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data
Current price	$228 (1x MSRP)	no data

Technical specs

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 cores	2304	6912
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz	1410 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	400 Watt
Texture fill rate	182.3	609.1
Floating-point performance	5,834 gflops	no data

Size and 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	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

Memory

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	8 GB	80 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	5120 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	3.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	2,039 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API support

List of supported graphics 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	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	no data	8.0

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	29 June 2016	16 November 2020
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	80 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	400 Watt

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