NVIDIA A100 SXM vs AMD Radeon Instinct MI8

NVIDIA A100 SXM
AMD Radeon Instinct MI8
6912 Shaders
80GB HBM2e
1410MHz
4096 Shaders
4GB HBM
1000MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.49 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
8.19 TFLOPS
FP32
FP32
19.49 TFLOPS
FP32
8.19 TFLOPS
FP16
77.97 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
SXM4
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
400W
TDP
175W
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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Peak AI Performance
2.49 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
8.19 TFLOPS
FP32
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FP16
77.97 TFLOPS
311.87 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
623.74 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
311.87 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
623.74 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP32
19.49 TFLOPS
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FP32
8.19 TFLOPS
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FP64
9.75 TFLOPS
19.49 TFLOPS Tensor
FP64
510 GFLOPS
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BF16
38.98 TFLOPS
311.87 TFLOPS Tensor
623.74 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
155.94 TFLOPS Tensor
311.87 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
1.25 POPS Tensor
2.49 POPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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623.74 TOPS Tensor
1.25 POPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
19.49 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
225.6 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
64 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
609.12 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
256 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
GCN 3
Family
Server
Family
Instinct
Codename
NV170
GA100
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Codename
Fiji
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Variant
Fiji XT GL
Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
6/28/2021
Release Date
6/20/2017
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
7N
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
826 mm²
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Die Size
596 mm²
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Transistor Count
54.2 Billion
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Transistor Count
8.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
65.62M/mm²
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Transistor Density
14.93M/mm²
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Form
SXM4
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
6912 Shaders
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Shading Units
4096 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
432 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
256 TMUs
Render Output Units
160 ROPs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Tensor Cores
432 T-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
108 SMs
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Compute Units
64 CUs
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1275MHz Base
1410MHz
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1000MHz Base
1000MHz
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
192KB/SM
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
40MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
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80GB
HBM2e
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4GB
HBM
ECC
Bus Width
5120Bit
Bus Width
4096Bit
Clock
1593MHz
Transfer Rate
3.2GT/s
Bandwidth
2039GB/s
Clock
500MHz
Transfer Rate
1GT/s
Bandwidth
512GB/s
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TDP
400W
TDP
175W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
Unknown
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
Unknown
Multi Monitor Support
4
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Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
No Encoders
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Model
VCE 3.0
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
5x NVDEC 4
Model
UVD 6.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
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OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
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CUDA
8.0
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
8
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Not a Card
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
NVLink
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
152 mm (5.98 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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