NVIDIA B100 vs NVIDIA A16

NVIDIA B100
NVIDIA A16
18944 Shaders
192GB HBM3e
1600MHz
4x 1280 Shaders
64GB (4x 16GB) GDDR6
1695MHz
Peak AI Performance
14.01 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
555.42 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
60.62 TFLOPS
FP32
17.36 TFLOPS
FP16
121.24 TFLOPS
FP16
17.36 TFLOPS
Form Factor
SXM6
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
700W
TDP
250W
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Power Connectors
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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
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
14.01 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
555.42 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP4
7 PFLOPS Tensor
14.01 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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3.5 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
7 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
3.5 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
7 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
121.24 TFLOPS
1.75 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
3.5 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
1.75 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
3.5 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
17.36 TFLOPS
69.43 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
138.86 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
69.43 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
138.86 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
60.62 TFLOPS
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FP32
17.36 TFLOPS
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FP64
30.31 TFLOPS
27.36 TFLOPS Tensor
FP64
270 GFLOPS
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BF16
121.24 TFLOPS
1.75 PFLOPS Tensor
3.5 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
17.36 TFLOPS
69.43 TFLOPS Tensor
138.86 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
875.36 TFLOPS Tensor
1.75 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
34.71 TFLOPS Tensor
69.42 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
277.71 TOPS Tensor
555.42 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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3.5 POPS Tensor
7 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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138.86 TOPS Tensor
277.71 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
60.62 TOPS
INT32
8.68 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
8.5 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
51.2 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
54.24 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
947.2 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
67.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Blackwell
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Server
Family
Server
Codename
NV190
GB100
Variant
Umbriel
Codename
NV177
GA107
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Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
3/18/2024
Release Date
4/12/2021
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
4NP
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
2x 810 mm²
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Die Size
4x 200 mm²
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Transistor Count
2x 104 Billion
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Transistor Count
4x 8.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
128.40M/mm²
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Transistor Density
43.50M/mm²
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Form
SXM6
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
18944 Shaders
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Shading Units
4x 1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
592 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
4x 40 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
4x 32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
592 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
4x 40 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
4x 10 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
148 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
4x 10 SMs
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1444MHz Tensor
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1600MHz
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885MHz Base
1695MHz
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
256KB/SM
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
64MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
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192GB
HBM3e
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64GB (4x 16GB)
GDDR6
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Bus Width
8192Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
3760MHz
Transfer Rate
7.5GT/s
Bandwidth
7700.5GB/s
Clock
905MHz
Transfer Rate
7.2GT/s
Bandwidth
115.9GB/s
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TDP
700W
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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No Encoders
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Model
NVENC 7
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
7x NVDEC 6
Model
NVDEC 5
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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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
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OpenCL
3.0
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
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CUDA
10.0
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PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Not a Card
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin EPS
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PCIe Version
6.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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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