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.

NVIDIA A10

NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

158472

209899

Name	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064
Geekbench - OpenCL	158472	209899

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA100
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	16 Nov 2020
Place in performance rating	30	29
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
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)