NVIDIA Tesla A100: specs and benchmarks
Summary
This is an Ampere architecture desktop card based on 7 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 32 GB of HBM2e memory clocked at 2.4 GHz are supplied, and together with 4096 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 1,229 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 260 Watt.
We have no data on Tesla A100 benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about Tesla A100: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2022) | |
| GPU code name | GA100 | |
| Market segment | Workstation | |
| Release date | no data | |
| Current price | $6798 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Technical specs
Tesla A100's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Tesla A100's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 7936 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 1110 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 38,000 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 260 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 550.6 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Tesla A100 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Tesla A100: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | HBM2e | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 2400 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,229 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Tesla A100. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by Tesla A100, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Tesla A100 is Radeon Pro W6800.
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
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