NVIDIA A100 vs AMD Instinct MI210

NVIDIA A100
AMD Instinct MI210
6912 Shaders
80GB HBM2e
1410MHz
6656 Shaders
64GB HBM2e
1700MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.49 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
181.04 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
FP32
19.49 TFLOPS
FP32
22.63 TFLOPS
FP16
77.97 TFLOPS
FP16
45.26 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
250W
TDP
300W
Power Connectors
-
Power Connectors
1x 8-Pin

Peak AI Performance

  • 13.75x faster vs Instinct MI210
  • 93% slower vs A100
A100 - 2.49 POPS INT4 Tensor Sparse
x13.75
Instinct MI210 - 181.04 TOPS INT4 Tensor
x1

FP32

  • 14% slower vs Instinct MI210
  • 16% faster vs A100
A100 - 19.49 TFLOPS FP32
x1
Instinct MI210 - 22.63 TFLOPS FP32
x1.16

FP16

  • 72% faster vs Instinct MI210
  • 42% slower vs A100
A100 - 77.97 TFLOPS FP16
x1.72
Instinct MI210 - 45.26 TFLOPS FP16
x1
  • 18% faster vs Instinct MI210
  • 15% slower vs A100
A100 - 1935.4GB/s
x1.18
Instinct MI210 - 1638.4GB/s
x1
  • 17% lower vs Instinct MI210
  • 20% higher vs A100
A100 - 250W
x1
Instinct MI210 - 300W
x1.2
  • 44% faster vs Instinct MI210
  • 30% slower vs A100
A100 - GB6 OpenCL 200,130
x1.44
Instinct MI210 - GB6 OpenCL 139,440
x1
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
CDNA 2
Family
Server
Family
Instinct
Codename
NV170
GA100
-
-
Codename
Aldebaran
Aldebaran XL
Variant
Aldebaran XL
Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
6/28/2021
Release Date
3/22/2022
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
7N
Fabrication Node
N6
Die Size
826 mm²
Die Size
724 mm²
Transistor Count
54.2 Billion
Transistor Count
28 Billion
Transistor Density
65.62M/mm²
Transistor Density
38.67M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
6912 Shaders
Shading Units
6656 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
432 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
416 TMUs
Render Output Units
160 ROPs
Render Output Units
-
Tensor Cores
432 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
416 T-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
108 SMs
-
-
-
-
Compute Units
104 CUs
765MHz Base
1410MHz
1000MHz Base
1700MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.49 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
181.04 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
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
FP16
45.26 TFLOPS
181.04 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
-
181.04 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
-
FP32
19.49 TFLOPS
-
FP32
22.63 TFLOPS
45.26 TFLOPS Tensor
FP64
9.75 TFLOPS
19.49 TFLOPS Tensor
FP64
22.63 TFLOPS
45.26 TFLOPS Tensor
BF16
38.98 TFLOPS
311.87 TFLOPS Tensor
623.74 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
-
181.04 TFLOPS Tensor
-
TF32
155.94 TFLOPS Tensor
311.87 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
-
-
-
INT4
1.25 POPS Tensor
2.49 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
181.04 TOPS Tensor
-
INT8
623.74 TOPS Tensor
1.25 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
181.04 TOPS Tensor
-
INT32
19.49 TOPS
-
-
Pixel Fillrate
225.6 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
-
Texture Fillrate
609.12 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
707.2 GTexel/s
L1
64KB/SM Tex
192KB/SM
-
L1
-
-
16KB/CU
L2
40MB Shared
L2
8MB Shared
80GB
HBM2e
-
64GB
HBM2e
ECC
Bus Width
5120Bit
Bus Width
4096Bit
Clock
1512MHz
Transfer Rate
3GT/s
Bandwidth
1935.4GB/s
Clock
1600MHz
Transfer Rate
3.2GT/s
Bandwidth
1638.4GB/s
TDP
250W
TDP
300W
Max Resolution
Unknown
Max Resolution
Unknown
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
Variable Refresh Rate
-
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
Unknown
Multi Monitor Support
Unknown
No Encoders
-
Model
VCN 2.6
-
-
-
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
Model
5x NVDEC 4
No Decoders
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
VC-1
VP8
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenCL
3.0
-
-
CUDA
8.0
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
-
-
GFX
9.4
-
-
-
-
Power Connectors
-
1x 8-Pin EPS
Power Connectors
1x 8-Pin
-
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
NVLink
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Infinity Fabric
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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