GPU Comparison

NVIDIA
GEFORCE

NVIDIA A100 PCIe 40 GB

CORE STATE GA100
VRAM 40 GB
CLOCK SPEED 1410 MHz
TDP 250 W
BUS WIDTH 5120 bit
ARCHITECTURE Ampere
nm
PROCESS 7 nm
LAUNCH DATE 2020
VS
NVIDIA
GEFORCE

A2

CORE STATE GA107
VRAM 16 GB
CLOCK SPEED 1770 MHz
TDP 60 W
BUS WIDTH 128 bit
ARCHITECTURE Ampere
nm
PROCESS 8 nm
LAUNCH DATE 2021

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

geekbench_opencl
178,627
35,357
geekbench_vulkan
146,380
34,023

Analysis: NVIDIA A100 PCIe 40 GB vs NVIDIA A2

Examining the test figures for NVIDIA's NVIDIA A2 graphics and NVIDIA A100 PCIe 40 GB (NVIDIA), a trend of competitive performance emerges. Not one card dominates steadily in every scenarios. The alternating of wins indicates inherent parity. Those confront a true decision with these options. Both GPUs deliver solid gaming performance.

From a technical viewpoint, NVIDIA's NVIDIA A2 graphics and NVIDIA A100 PCIe 40 GB (NVIDIA) share comparable hardware. Video memory size, shader processors, and memory throughput are virtually equivalent. This technical parity supports the close performance numbers. No possesses a significant hardware lead. The playing field is level.

Ultimately, buyers could choose based on availability instead of raw frame rates alone. Both NVIDIA's NVIDIA A2 graphics and NVIDIA A100 PCIe 40 GB (NVIDIA) provide solid graphics performance for their target price points. The determination depends on individual requirements. Both pick is valid. You can't go badly with either.

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION
A100 PCIe 40 GB
A2
Core Specs
Shading Units
6,912
1,280 -81.5%
Shaders
6,912
1,280 -81.5%
TMUs
432
40 -90.7%
ROPs
160
32 -80.0%
SM Count
108
10 -90.7%
Clocks
Base Clock
765 MHz
1440 MHz
Boost Clock
1410 MHz
1770 MHz
Memory Clock
1215 MHz 2.4 Gbps effective
1563 MHz 12.5 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
40 GB
16 GB
VRAM (MB)
40,960
16,384 -60.0%
Memory Type
HBM2e
GDDR6
Memory Bus
5120 bit
128 bit
Bandwidth
1.56 TB/s
200.1 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
192 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
40 MB
2 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
225.6 GPixel/s
56.64 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
609.1 GTexel/s
70.80 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
19.49 TFLOPS
4.531 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)
70.80 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)
4.531 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
10
Tensor Cores
432
40 -90.7%
BF16
311.84 TFLOPS (16:1)
TF32
155.92 TFLOPs (8:1)
Power
TDP
250 W
60 W
TDP (W)
250
60 -76.0%
Suggested PSU
600 W
250 W
Power Connectors
8-pin EPS
None
Architecture
Architecture
Ampere
Ampere
GPU Name
GA100
GA107
Generation
Server Ampere (Axx)
Workstation Ampere (Ax000)
Process Size
7 nm
8 nm
Transistors
54,200 million
8,700 million
Die Size
826 mm²
200 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
Samsung
Density
65.6M / mm²
43.5M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
8.0
8.6
Shader Model
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Single-slot
Length
267 mm 10.5 inches
Height
111 mm 4.4 inches
Outputs
No outputs
No outputs
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Other
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
Tesla Turing
Quadro Turing
Successor
Server Ada
Workstation Ada
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