NVIDIA A40 vs NVIDIA GRID A100B

NVIDIA A40
NVIDIA GRID A100B
10752 Shaders
48GB GDDR6
1740MHz
6912 Shaders
48GB HBM2e
900MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.2 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
1.59 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
37.42 TFLOPS
FP32
12.44 TFLOPS
FP16
37.42 TFLOPS
FP16
49.77 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
vGPU
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TDP
300W
TDP
400W
Power Connectors
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
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
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Peak AI Performance
1.2 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
1.59 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP16
37.42 TFLOPS
149.67 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
299.34 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
149.67 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
299.34 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
49.77 TFLOPS
199.07 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
398.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
199.07 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
398.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
37.42 TFLOPS
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FP32
12.44 TFLOPS
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FP64
590 GFLOPS
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FP64
6.22 TFLOPS
12.44 TFLOPS Tensor
BF16
37.42 TFLOPS
149.67 TFLOPS Tensor
299.34 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
24.88 TFLOPS
199.07 TFLOPS Tensor
398.13 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
74.83 TFLOPS Tensor
149.67 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
99.53 TFLOPS Tensor
199.07 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
598.67 TOPS Tensor
1.2 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
796.26 TOPS Tensor
1.59 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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299.34 TOPS Tensor
598.67 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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398.13 TOPS Tensor
796.26 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
18.71 TOPS
INT32
12.44 TOPS
Ray Tracing
73.1 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
194.88 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
172.8 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
584.64 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
388.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Server
Family
GRID
Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-895-A1
Codename
NV170
GA100
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Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
10/5/2020
Release Date
5/14/2020
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
628 mm²
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Die Size
826 mm²
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
54.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Transistor Density
65.62M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
vGPU
Shading Units
10752 Shaders
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Shading Units
6912 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
336 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
432 TMUs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Render Output Units
192 ROPs
Tensor Cores
336 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
432 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
84 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
84 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
108 SMs
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1305MHz Base
1740MHz
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900MHz
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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
6MB Shared
L2
40MB Shared
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48GB
GDDR6
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48GB
HBM2e
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
6144Bit
Clock
906MHz
Transfer Rate
7.2GT/s
Bandwidth
347.9GB/s
Clock
1215MHz
Transfer Rate
2.4GT/s
Bandwidth
1866.2GB/s
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TDP
300W
TDP
400W
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3x DisplayPort 1.3
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
Unknown
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
Unknown
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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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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Not a Card
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin EPS
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
NVLink
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Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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