NVIDIA V100 vs NVIDIA A100
NVIDIA A100 comes out ahead of NVIDIA V100 on 5 of the 6 things that decide this, going by what each maker publishes. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
NVIDIA A100 takes it, 5–1 on rounds.
On the published figures, NVIDIA A100 takes 5 of 6 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose NVIDIA V100 if…
- • You want NVIDIA V100's edge on how much power it draws
Choose NVIDIA A100 if…
- • You want NVIDIA A100's edge on how much memory it has and how fast its memory is
Round by round
- Round 1How much memory it hasNVIDIA A100 wins
NVIDIA A100 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2How fast its memory isNVIDIA A100 wins
NVIDIA A100 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How fast it runs FP16 AI mathNVIDIA A100 winsNVIDIA V1005/10
125 TFLOPS
deep learning (tensor, mixed precision)
- 125 TFLOPS, against 312 TFLOPS
Source: nvidia.com ↗
NVIDIA A100 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4How much power it drawsNVIDIA V100 wins
NVIDIA V100 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5How fast chips talk to each otherNVIDIA A100 winsNVIDIA V1005/10
300 GB/s NVLink
nvlink bi-directional
- 300 GB/s NVLink, against 600 GB/s NVLink
Source: nvidia.com ↗
NVIDIA A100 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6How new it isNVIDIA A100 wins
NVIDIA A100 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
Side by side
- 32 GB HBM2, against 80 GB HBM2e
- 900 GB/s, against 2,039 GB/s
- 125 TFLOPS, against 312 TFLOPS
- 300 GB/s NVLink, against 600 GB/s NVLink
- 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