NVIDIA B200 vs NVIDIA A2

NVIDIA B200
NVIDIA A2
18944 Shaders
192GB HBM3e
1980MHz
1280 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
1770MHz
Peak AI Performance
18 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
145 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
75.02 TFLOPS
FP32
4.53 TFLOPS
FP16
150.04 TFLOPS
FP16
4.53 TFLOPS
Form Factor
SXM6
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
1000W
TDP
60W
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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
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
18 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
145 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP4
9 PFLOPS Tensor
18 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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4.5 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
9 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
4.5 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
9 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
150.04 TFLOPS
2.25 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
4.5 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
2.25 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
4.5 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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
FP32
75.02 TFLOPS
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FP32
4.53 TFLOPS
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FP64
37.51 TFLOPS
35.16 TFLOPS Tensor
FP64
70 GFLOPS
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BF16
150.04 TFLOPS
2.25 PFLOPS Tensor
4.5 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
4.53 TFLOPS
18.13 TFLOPS Tensor
36.25 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
1.13 PFLOPS Tensor
2.25 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
9.06 TFLOPS Tensor
18.12 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
72.5 TOPS Tensor
145 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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4.5 POPS Tensor
9 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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36.25 TOPS Tensor
72.5 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
75.02 TOPS
INT32
2.27 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
8.9 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
63.36 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
56.64 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1172.16 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
70.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Blackwell
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Server
Family
Server
Codename
NV190
GB100
Variant
Miranda
Codename
NV177
GA107
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Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
3/18/2024
Release Date
11/10/2021
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
200 mm²
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Transistor Count
2x 104 Billion
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Transistor Count
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
1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
592 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
592 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
40 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
10 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
148 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
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1856MHz Tensor
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1980MHz
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1440MHz Base
1770MHz
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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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16GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
8192Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
3760MHz
Transfer Rate
7.5GT/s
Bandwidth
7700.5GB/s
Clock
782MHz
Transfer Rate
6.3GT/s
Bandwidth
100GB/s
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TDP
1000W
TDP
60W
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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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PCIe Version
6.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
NVLink
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Height
69 mm (2.72 in)
Width
168 mm (6.61 in)
Depth
20 mm (0.79 in)
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