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Hopper Architecture
Ampere Architecture
| Specification | NVIDIA H100 SXM | NVIDIA A100 PCIe |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Hopper | Ampere |
| Release Year | 2022 | 2020 |
| VRAM | 80 GB | 80 GB |
| Memory Type | HBM3 | HBM2e |
| Memory Bandwidth | 3350 GB/s+73.1% | 1935 GB/s |
| FP32 Performance | 60 TFLOPS+207.7% | 19.5 TFLOPS |
| FP16 Performance | 120 TFLOPS+53.8% | 78 TFLOPS |
| INT8 Performance | 2400 TOPS+284.6% | 624 TOPS |
| Tensor Cores | 16896 | 6912 |
| CUDA Cores | 16896 | 6912 |
| TDP | 700W | 300W |
| Form Factor | SXM | PCIe |
| NVLink Support | Yes | No |
| Avg. Price/Hour | $1.5+53.1% | $0.98 |
Single-precision floating-point performance for general compute workloads
NVIDIA H100 SXM is 207.7% faster
Half-precision performance optimized for deep learning training
NVIDIA H100 SXM is 53.8% faster
Integer performance for efficient model inference and deployment
NVIDIA H100 SXM is 284.6% faster
Data transfer speed between GPU and memory
NVIDIA H100 SXM is 73.1% faster
NVIDIA H100 SXM
NVIDIA A100 PCIe
NVIDIA A100 PCIe
NVIDIA H100 SXM
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