NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB videocard review

A100 SXM4 80 GB videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 16 Nov 2020. The videocard is based on Ampere microarchitecture codenamed GA100.

Core clock speed - 1095 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1410 MHz. Texture fill rate - 609.1 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 6912. Manufacturing process technology - 7 nm. Transistors count - 54200 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 400 Watt.

Memory type: HBM2e. Maximum RAM amount - 80 GB. Memory bus width - 5120 bit. Memory clock speed - 1593 MHz (3.2 Gbps effective). Memory bandwidth - 2039 GB/s.

Benchmarks

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345150

209899

Name	Value
Geekbench - OpenCL	209899

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Ampere
Code name	GA100
Launch date	16 Nov 2020
Place in performance rating	28
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz
Core clock speed	1095 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	19.49 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6912
Pixel fill rate	225.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	800 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
OpenCL	3.0
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	80 GB
Memory bandwidth	2039 GB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit
Memory clock speed	1593 MHz (3.2 Gbps effective)
Memory type	HBM2e