NVIDIA A100 vs NVIDIA B200

Round by round

1. Round 1How much memory it hasNVIDIA B200 wins
   NVIDIA A1005/10

   80 GB HBM2e

   gpu memory

   • 80 GB HBM2e, against 180 GB HBM3E

   Source: nvidia.com ↗

   NVIDIA B2008/10

   180 GB HBM3E

   gpu memory

   Source: dam-cdn.nvd.orangelogic.com ↗

   NVIDIA B200 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

2. Round 2How fast its memory isNVIDIA B200 wins
   NVIDIA A1005/10

   2,039 GB/s

   memory bandwidth

   • 2,039 GB/s, against 7.7 TB/s

   Source: nvidia.com ↗

   NVIDIA B2008/10

   7.7 TB/s

   memory bandwidth

   Source: dam-cdn.nvd.orangelogic.com ↗

   NVIDIA B200 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

3. Round 3How fast it runs FP16 AI mathNVIDIA B200 wins
   NVIDIA A1005/10

   624 TFLOPS

   fp16 tensor core, with sparsity

   • 624 TFLOPS, against 4.5 PFLOPS

   Source: nvidia.com ↗

   NVIDIA B2008/10

   4.5 PFLOPS

   fp16/bf16 tensor core, with sparsity

   Source: dam-cdn.nvd.orangelogic.com ↗

   NVIDIA B200 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

4. Round 4How much power it drawsNVIDIA A100 wins
   NVIDIA A1008/10

   400 W

   max tdp (sxm)

   Source: nvidia.com ↗

   NVIDIA B2005/10

   1,000 W

   max tdp

   • 1,000 W, against 400 W

   Source: dam-cdn.nvd.orangelogic.com ↗

   NVIDIA A100 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

5. Round 5How fast chips talk to each otherNVIDIA B200 wins
   NVIDIA A1005/10

   600 GB/s NVLink

   nvlink gpu-to-gpu

   • 600 GB/s NVLink, against 1.8 TB/s NVLink

   Source: nvidia.com ↗

   NVIDIA B2008/10

   1.8 TB/s NVLink

   nvlink gpu-to-gpu

   Source: nvidia.com ↗

   NVIDIA B200 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

6. Round 6How it handles scientific FP64 mathNVIDIA B200 wins
   NVIDIA A1005/10

   19.5 TFLOPS

   fp64 tensor core

   • 19.5 TFLOPS, against 37 TFLOPS

   Source: nvidia.com ↗

   NVIDIA B2008/10

   37 TFLOPS

   fp64/fp64 tensor core

   Source: dam-cdn.nvd.orangelogic.com ↗

   NVIDIA B200 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

7. Round 7Which memory generation it usesNVIDIA B200 wins
   NVIDIA A1005/10

   HBM2e

   memory type

   • HBM2e, against HBM3E

   Source: nvidia.com ↗

   NVIDIA B2008/10

   HBM3E

   memory type

   Source: dam-cdn.nvd.orangelogic.com ↗

   NVIDIA B200 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

8. Round 8How new it isNVIDIA B200 wins
   NVIDIA A1005/10

   2020

   year announced

   • 2020, against 2024

   Source: nvidianews.nvidia.com ↗

   NVIDIA B2008/10

   2024

   year announced

   Source: nvidianews.nvidia.com ↗

   NVIDIA B200 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

Side by side

NVIDIA A100

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NVIDIA B200

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Overall score

6.0

6.7

Best

Price

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How fast its memory is

6.1

6.8

How much memory it has

6.3

6.5

How much power it draws

6.9

6.5

How fast it runs FP16 AI math

5.8

7.3

How new it is

5.4

6.5

Head-to-head findings

How fast its memory is

2,039 GB/s

7.7 TB/s

How much memory it has

80 GB HBM2e

180 GB HBM3E

How much power it draws

400 W

1,000 W

How fast it runs FP16 AI math

312 TFLOPS

4.5 PFLOPS

How new it is

2020

2024

Which memory generation it uses

HBM2e

HBM3E

How fast it runs FP8 AI math

—

9 PFLOPS

How it handles scientific FP64 math

19.5 TFLOPS

37 TFLOPS

Record

Head-to-head record

2–5–1

3–2–1

Head-to-heads won

29 %

60 %

Rounds won

31 %

53 %

Pros

Cons

• 80 GB HBM2e, against 128 GB HBM2E
• 2,039 GB/s, against 3.7 TB/s
• 312 TFLOPS, against 1,678 TFLOPS
• 2020, against September 24, 2024

• 180 GB HBM3E, against 288 GB HBM3E
• 7.7 TB/s, against 8 TB/s
• 37 TFLOPS, against 78.6 TFLOPs
• 2024, against 6/12/2025

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