NVIDIA GB200 vs NVIDIA A2

NVIDIA GB200
NVIDIA A2
2x 18944 Shaders
384GB (2x 192GB) HBM3e
2112MHz
1280 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
1770MHz
Peak AI Performance
40 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
145 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
160.04 TFLOPS
FP32
4.53 TFLOPS
FP16
320.08 TFLOPS
FP16
4.53 TFLOPS
Form Factor
Superchip
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
2700W
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
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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
40 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
145 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP4
20 PFLOPS Tensor
40 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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10 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
20 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
10 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
20 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
320.08 TFLOPS
5 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
10 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
5 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
10 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
160.04 TFLOPS
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FP32
4.53 TFLOPS
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FP64
80.02 TFLOPS
78.13 TFLOPS Tensor
FP64
70 GFLOPS
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BF16
320.08 TFLOPS
5 PFLOPS Tensor
10 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
4.53 TFLOPS
18.13 TFLOPS Tensor
36.25 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
2.5 PFLOPS Tensor
5 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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10 POPS Tensor
20 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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36.25 TOPS Tensor
72.5 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
160.04 TOPS
INT32
2.27 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
8.9 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
67.584 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
56.64 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1250.304 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
Oberon
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
4x 810 mm²
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Transistor Count
4x 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
Superchip
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2x 18944 Shaders
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Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
2x 592 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Render Output Units
2x 32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
2x 592 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
40 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
10 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
2x 148 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
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2062MHz Tensor
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2112MHz
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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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384GB (2x 192GB)
HBM3e
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16GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
8192Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
3906MHz
Transfer Rate
7.8GT/s
Bandwidth
8000.1GB/s
Clock
782MHz
Transfer Rate
6.3GT/s
Bandwidth
100GB/s
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TDP
2700W
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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