NVIDIA A30 vs NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 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: Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA A30

NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1410 MHz
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 400 Watt

Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 16 Nov 2020
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 400 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1095 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 89% higher texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s
Around 93% higher pipelines: 6912 vs 3584
3.3x more maximum memory size: 80 GB vs 24 GB
Around 31% higher memory clock speed: 1593 MHz (3.2 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
Around 61% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 204456 vs 127071

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1095 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6912 vs 3584
Maximum memory size	80 GB vs 24 GB
Memory clock speed	1593 MHz (3.2 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	204456 vs 127071

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A30
GPU 2: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

127071

204456

Name	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	127071	204456

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA100
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	16 Nov 2020
Place in performance rating	99	26
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1410 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1095 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)	9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)	77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS	19.49 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	6912
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s	225.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s	609.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	400 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	54200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-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	8-pin EPS	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	80 GB
Memory bandwidth	933.1 GB/s	2039 GB/s
Memory bus width	3072 bit	5120 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	1593 MHz (3.2 Gbps effective)
Memory type	HBM2e	HBM2e
High bandwidth memory (HBM)