NVIDIA A2 vs Intel Gaudi

NVIDIA A2
Intel Gaudi
1280 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
1770MHz
2048 Shaders
32GB HBM2
610MHz
Peak AI Performance
145 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
159.91 TFLOPS
BF16 Tensor
FP32
4.53 TFLOPS
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4.53 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
Form Factor
OAM Module
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TDP
60W
TDP
350W
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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
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
0%
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
145 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
159.91 TFLOPS
BF16 Tensor
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FP16
4.53 TFLOPS
18.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
36.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
18.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
36.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP32
4.53 TFLOPS
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FP64
70 GFLOPS
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BF16
4.53 TFLOPS
18.13 TFLOPS Tensor
36.25 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
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159.91 TFLOPS Tensor
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TF32
9.06 TFLOPS Tensor
18.12 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
72.5 TOPS Tensor
145 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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36.25 TOPS Tensor
72.5 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
2.27 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
8.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
56.64 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
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Texture Fillrate
70.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
Intel
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
Intel
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Gaudi
Family
Server
Family
Gaudi
Codename
NV177
GA107
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Codename
Gaudi
HL-2000
Variant
HL-2000
Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
11/10/2021
Release Date
6/17/2019
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
16FF
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Transistor Count
8.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
43.50M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
OAM Module
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Shading Units
2048 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
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Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
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Tensor Cores
40 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
8 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
10 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
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Compute Units
1 CU
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1440MHz Base
1770MHz
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610MHz
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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Unknown
L2
2MB Shared
L2
Unknown
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16GB
GDDR6
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32GB
HBM2
ECC
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
4096Bit
Clock
782MHz
Transfer Rate
6.3GT/s
Bandwidth
100GB/s
Clock
980MHz
Transfer Rate
2GT/s
Bandwidth
1003.5GB/s
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eSRAM
24MB
3200GB/s
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TDP
60W
TDP
350W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
Unknown
Max Resolution
Unknown
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
Unknown
Multi Monitor Support
Unknown
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Model
NVENC 7
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
No Decoders
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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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
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OpenCL
3.0
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
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Not a Card
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Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
RoCE
Height
69 mm (2.72 in)
Width
168 mm (6.61 in)
Depth
20 mm (0.79 in)
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