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GPUNVIDIA A100-SXM4-40GB
Graphics processor
- Video memory
- 40 GB*
- Memory bus
- 5,120 bit*
- Rated memory bandwidth
- 1,555 GB/s*
Rendering performance
Three-scene Blender rendering throughput. Versions, operating systems and rendering backends remain separate. This is not a gaming score.
Community submissions; cooling, power limits and system configuration can affect results.
Benchmark results
- Geekbench GPU (reported compilation) · version unreported · OpenCL200,534*Platform unreported Compare results
Recorded results
Only the same benchmark, version, workload, scenario and unit share a row. Missing results are not zero. System results include the full submitted hardware and software configuration.
Blender Cycles / classroomOPTIX / Linux · 3.4.0 · samples/min
NVIDIA A100-SXM4-40GB
948.40 samples/min
3 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- OPTIX
- Operating system
- Linux
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteOPTIX / Linux · 3.4.0 · samples/min
NVIDIA A100-SXM4-40GB
3,942.04 samples/min
3 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- OPTIX
- Operating system
- Linux
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- 25th percentile
- 3936.8145366283
- 75th percentile
- 3947.3776023137
Blender Cycles / junkshopOPTIX / Linux · 3.4.0 · samples/min
NVIDIA A100-SXM4-40GB
1,196.34 samples/min
3 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- OPTIX
- Operating system
- Linux
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterOPTIX / Linux · 3.4.0 · samples/min
NVIDIA A100-SXM4-40GB
1,790.92 samples/min
3 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- OPTIX
- Operating system
- Linux
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
Processing & platform
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Manufacturing process
- 7 nm
- Process node
- 7 nm
Memory & storage
- Video memory
- 40 GB*
- Video memory type
- HBM2*
- Memory bus
- 5,120 bit*
- Rated memory bandwidth
- 1,555 GB/s*
Power specifications
- Thermal design power
- 400 W*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 20 fields
- GPU architecture — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- Ampere*
- Theoretical peak: BF16 tensor dense per GPU — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- 312* TFLOPS
- Theoretical peak: FP16 tensor dense per GPU — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- 312* TFLOPS
- Theoretical peak: FP32 non-tensor dense per GPU — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- 19.5* TFLOPS
- Native hardware support: FP4 tensor — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- No*
- Theoretical peak: FP64 non-tensor dense per GPU — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- 9.7* TFLOPS
- Theoretical peak: FP64 tensor dense per GPU — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- 19.5* TFLOPS
- Native hardware support: FP6 tensor — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- No*
- Native hardware support: FP8 tensor — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- No*
- Theoretical peak: INT8 tensor dense per GPU — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- 624* TOPS
- Theoretical peak: TF32 tensor dense per GPU — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- 156* TFLOPS
- Physical configuration — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- SXM4*
- GPU interconnect bandwidth (NVLink 3) — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- 600* GB/s
- PCIe interface declaration — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- PCIe Gen4*
- Maximum board power — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- 400* W
- Peak memory bandwidth per GPU — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- 1,555* GB/s
- Memory interface width per GPU — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- 5,120* bit
- Memory capacity per GPU — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- 40* GB
- Memory technology — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- HBM2*
- GPU model — NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM — 40 GB HBM2
- NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM*
Specifications 2 · 7 fields
- Form factor declaration
- SXM*
- Graphics model
- A100 SXM 40GB*
- Full graphics designation
- NVIDIA A100 SXM 40GB*
- Manufacturer
- NVIDIA*
- Memory capacity declaration
- 40* GB
Scope and conditions
- native_context
- Capacity unit base
- Not independently established*
- Memory technology
- HBM2*
- Thermal design power declaration
- 400* W
Specifications 3 · 1 fields
- Nominal GPU Memory
- 40 GB HBM2e*
Scope and conditions
- native_context
- Memory scope
- Nominal per-GPU memory; not the total CPU + GPU module memory or runtime-available capacity*
- memory role
- nominal_release_inventory*
- not dedicated VRAM for shared memory systems
- Yes*
- not runtime available or HGX usable capacity
- Yes*
Specifications 4 · 2 fields
- Device
- NVIDIA A100-SXM4-40GB*
Scope and conditions
- benchmark_context
- suite
- Geekbench GPU (reported compilation)*
- backend_columns
- CUDA*
- Metal*
- OpenCL*
- Vulkan*
- test_configuration_verified
- No*
- comparable
- No*
- OpenCL
- 200,534*
Scope and conditions
- benchmark_context
- suite
- Geekbench GPU (reported compilation)*
- backend_columns
- CUDA*
- Metal*
- OpenCL*
- Vulkan*
- test_configuration_verified
- No*
- comparable
- No*
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* Provisional data