NVIDIA A10 vs NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10 and NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
- Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1410 MHz
- Around 33% higher pipelines: 9216 vs 6912
- 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 400 Watt
Launch date | 12 Apr 2021 vs 16 Nov 2020 |
Boost clock speed | 1695 MHz vs 1410 MHz |
Pipelines | 9216 vs 6912 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt vs 400 Watt |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB
- Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1095 MHz vs 885 MHz
- Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 488.2 GTexel/s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
- 3.3x more maximum memory size: 80 GB vs 24 GB
- Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 1593 MHz (3.2 Gbps effective) vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
- Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 209899 vs 158472
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 1095 MHz vs 885 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 609.1 GTexel/s vs 488.2 GTexel/s |
Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 8 nm |
Maximum memory size | 80 GB vs 24 GB |
Memory clock speed | 1593 MHz (3.2 Gbps effective) vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 209899 vs 158472 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA A10
GPU 2: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB
Geekbench - OpenCL |
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Name | NVIDIA A10 | NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 1007 | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 22064 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 158472 | 209899 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA A10 | NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
Code name | GA102 | GA100 |
Launch date | 12 Apr 2021 | 16 Nov 2020 |
Place in performance rating | 29 | 28 |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1695 MHz | 1410 MHz |
Core clock speed | 885 MHz | 1095 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 7 nm |
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 976.3 GFLOPS (1:32) | 9.746 TFLOPS (1:2) |
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 31.24 TFLOPS (1:1) | 77.97 TFLOPS (4:1) |
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 31.24 TFLOPS | 19.49 TFLOPS |
Pipelines | 9216 | 6912 |
Pixel fill rate | 162.7 GPixel/s | 225.6 GPixel/s |
Texture fill rate | 488.2 GTexel/s | 609.1 GTexel/s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | 400 Watt |
Transistor count | 28300 million | 54200 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Form factor | Single-slot | IGP |
Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
Length | 267 mm, 10.5 inches | |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 450 Watt | 800 Watt |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | None |
Width | 112 mm, 4.4 inches | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
Shader Model | 6.7 | |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 80 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 600.2 GB/s | 2039 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 384 bit | 5120 bit |
Memory clock speed | 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective | 1593 MHz (3.2 Gbps effective) |
Memory type | GDDR6 | HBM2e |
High bandwidth memory (HBM) |