Comprehensive comparison for AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing workloads.
Ampere Architecture
Volta Architecture
| Specification | NVIDIA A100 PCIe | NVIDIA V100 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Volta |
| Release Year | 2020 | 2017 |
| VRAM | 80 GB+150.0% | 32 GB |
| Memory Type | HBM2e | HBM2 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1935 GB/s+115.0% | 900 GB/s |
| FP32 Performance | 19.5 TFLOPS+24.2% | 15.7 TFLOPS |
| FP16 Performance | 78 TFLOPS+148.4% | 31.4 TFLOPS |
| INT8 Performance | 624 TOPS+399.2% | 125 TOPS |
| Tensor Cores | 6912 | 5120 |
| CUDA Cores | 6912 | 5120 |
| TDP | 300W | 300W |
| Form Factor | PCIe | PCIe |
| NVLink Support | No | Yes |
| Avg. Price/Hour | $0.98+78.2% | $0.55 |
Single-precision floating-point performance for general compute workloads
NVIDIA A100 PCIe is 24.2% faster
Half-precision performance optimized for deep learning training
NVIDIA A100 PCIe is 148.4% faster
Integer performance for efficient model inference and deployment
NVIDIA A100 PCIe is 399.2% faster
Data transfer speed between GPU and memory
NVIDIA A100 PCIe is 115% faster
NVIDIA A100 PCIe
NVIDIA A100 PCIe
NVIDIA V100
NVIDIA A100 PCIe
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