NVIDIA A2 vs NVIDIA A800 40GB

NVIDIA A2
NVIDIA A800 40GB
1280 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
1770MHz
6912 Shaders
40GB HBM2e
1410MHz
Peak AI Performance
145 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
2.49 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
4.53 TFLOPS
FP32
19.49 TFLOPS
FP16
4.53 TFLOPS
FP16
77.97 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
60W
TDP
250W
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Power Connectors
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GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal 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
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Peak AI Performance
145 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
2.49 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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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
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
FP32
4.53 TFLOPS
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FP32
19.49 TFLOPS
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FP64
70 GFLOPS
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FP64
9.75 TFLOPS
19.49 TFLOPS Tensor
BF16
4.53 TFLOPS
18.13 TFLOPS Tensor
36.25 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
38.98 TFLOPS
311.87 TFLOPS Tensor
623.74 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
9.06 TFLOPS Tensor
18.12 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
155.94 TFLOPS Tensor
311.87 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
72.5 TOPS Tensor
145 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
1.25 POPS Tensor
2.49 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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36.25 TOPS Tensor
72.5 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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623.74 TOPS Tensor
1.25 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
2.27 TOPS
INT32
19.49 TOPS
Ray Tracing
8.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
56.64 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
225.6 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
70.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
609.12 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Server
Family
Server
Codename
NV177
GA107
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Codename
NV170
GA100
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Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
11/10/2021
Release Date
6/28/2021
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
7N
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Die Size
826 mm²
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Transistor Count
8.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
54.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
43.50M/mm²
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Transistor Density
65.62M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Shading Units
6912 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
432 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
160 ROPs
Tensor Cores
40 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
432 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
10 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
108 SMs
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1440MHz Base
1770MHz
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765MHz Base
1410MHz
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
192KB/SM
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L2
2MB Shared
L2
40MB Shared
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16GB
GDDR6
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40GB
HBM2e
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
5120Bit
Clock
782MHz
Transfer Rate
6.3GT/s
Bandwidth
100GB/s
Clock
1215MHz
Transfer Rate
2.4GT/s
Bandwidth
1555.2GB/s
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TDP
60W
TDP
250W
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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
G-Sync
FreeSync
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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
Model
5x NVDEC 4
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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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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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
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
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CUDA
8.0
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin EPS
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Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
NVLink
Height
69 mm (2.72 in)
Width
168 mm (6.61 in)
Depth
20 mm (0.79 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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