A100 SXM4 80 GB vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 677 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 34 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 20.39 | no data |
| Architecture | Vega (2017−2020) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Vega Raven Ridge | GA100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 26 October 2017 (7 years ago) | 16 November 2020 (4 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 | 300 MHz | 1095 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 9,800 million | 54,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 400 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 57.60 | 609.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.843 TFLOPS | 19.49 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 160 |
| TMUs | 32 | 432 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 432 |
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 | None | 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 | 80 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 5120 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1593 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 2,039 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
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 | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 8.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 October 2017 | 16 November 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 400 Watt |
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) has 2566.7% lower power consumption.
A100 SXM4 80 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and A100 SXM4 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is a notebook card while A100 SXM4 80 GB is a workstation one.
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