NVIDIA B200 vs NVIDIA A40

NVIDIA B200
NVIDIA A40
18944 Shaders
192GB HBM3e
1980MHz
10752 Shaders
48GB GDDR6
1740MHz
Peak AI Performance
18 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
1.2 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
75.02 TFLOPS
FP32
37.42 TFLOPS
FP16
150.04 TFLOPS
FP16
37.42 TFLOPS
Form Factor
SXM6
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
1000W
TDP
300W
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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
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Peak AI Performance
18 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
1.2 POPS
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
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
FP32
75.02 TFLOPS
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FP32
37.42 TFLOPS
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FP64
37.51 TFLOPS
35.16 TFLOPS Tensor
FP64
590 GFLOPS
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BF16
150.04 TFLOPS
2.25 PFLOPS Tensor
4.5 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
37.42 TFLOPS
149.67 TFLOPS Tensor
299.34 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
1.13 PFLOPS Tensor
2.25 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
74.83 TFLOPS Tensor
149.67 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
598.67 TOPS Tensor
1.2 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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4.5 POPS Tensor
9 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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299.34 TOPS Tensor
598.67 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
75.02 TOPS
INT32
18.71 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
73.1 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
63.36 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
194.88 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1172.16 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
584.64 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
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-895-A1
Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
3/18/2024
Release Date
10/5/2020
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
628 mm²
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Transistor Count
2x 104 Billion
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
128.40M/mm²
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Form
SXM6
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
18944 Shaders
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Shading Units
10752 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
592 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
336 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Tensor Cores
592 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
336 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
84 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
148 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
84 SMs
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1856MHz Tensor
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1980MHz
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1305MHz Base
1740MHz
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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
6MB Shared
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192GB
HBM3e
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48GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
8192Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
3760MHz
Transfer Rate
7.5GT/s
Bandwidth
7700.5GB/s
Clock
906MHz
Transfer Rate
7.2GT/s
Bandwidth
347.9GB/s
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TDP
1000W
TDP
300W
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No Ports
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3x DisplayPort 1.3
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Max Resolution
Unknown
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
Unknown
Multi Monitor Support
3
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Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
NVLink
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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