NVIDIA A100 GPU: Specs and Real-World Use Cases
What is the NVIDIA A100?
The NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU serves as the flagship product of the NVIDIA data center platform. The GPU showcases an impressive 20X performance boost compared to the NVIDIA Volta generation.
With the A100, you can achieve unparalleled performance across AI, data analytics, and high-performance computing. By harnessing the power of third-generation Tensor Core technology, the A100 accelerates tasks up to 3 times faster—making it the ideal solution for stable diffusion, deep learning, scientific simulation workloads, and more.
Let’s explore how the NVIDIA A100 accelerates your AI, machine learning, and High Performance Computing (HPC) capabilities.
NVIDIA A100 Specs
| Specification | A100 40GB PCIe | A100 80GB PCIe | A100 40GB SXM | A100 80GB SXM |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | 9.7 TFLOPS | 19.5 TFLOPS | 19.5 TFLOPS |
| FP32 Tensor Float32 (TF32) | 19.5 TFLOPS | 19.5 TFLOPS | 39.0 TFLOPS | 39.0 TFLOPS |
| BFLOAT16 Tensor Core | 312 TFLOPS | 624 TFLOPS | 312 TFLOPS | 624 TFLOPS |
| FP16 Tensor Core | 312 TFLOPS | 624 TFLOPS | 312 TFLOPS | 624 TFLOPS |
| INT8 Tensor Core | 624 TOPS | 1248 TOPS | 624 TOPS | 1248 TOPS |
| GPU Memory | 40GB HBM2 | 80GB HBM2e | 40GB HBM2 | 80GB HBM2e |
| GPU Memory Bandwidth | 1,555GB/s | 1,935GB/s | 1,555GB/s | 2,039GB/s |
| Max Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250W | 300W | 400W | 400W |
| Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) | Up to 7 MIGs @ 5GB | Up to 7 MIGs @ 10GB | Up to 7 MIGs @ 5GB | Up to 7 MIGs @ 10GB |
| Form Factor | PCIe | PCIe | SXM | SXM |
What are the NVIDIA A100 GPU features?
| Feature | Description |
Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) |
Harnessing MIG and NVLink technologies, the A100 offers unmatched versatility for optimal GPU utilization. |
Third-Generation Tensor Cores |
Provides a 20X performance boost over previous generations, delivering 312 teraFLOPS of deep learning performance. |
Next-Generation NVLink |
Achieve 2X higher throughput compared to the previous generation, facilitating seamless GPU interconnection. |
High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM2E) |
Up to 80GB of HBM2e with the world’s fastest GPU memory bandwidth and a dynamic DRAM utilization efficiency of 95%. |
Structural Sparsity |
Tensor Cores offer up to 2X higher performance for sparse models, enhancing both training and inference efficiency. |
What are the NVIDIA A100 performance metrics?
| Application | Performance |
AI Training |
The A100 80GB FP16 can enable faster and more efficient AI training and accelerate training on large models— up to 3X higher performance compared to the V100 FP16. |
AI Inference |
A100 80GB outperforms CPUs by up to 249X in inference tasks, providing smooth and lightning-fast inference for real-time predictions or processing large datasets. |
HPC Applications |
A100 80GB demonstrates up to 1.8X higher performance than A100 40GB in HPC benchmarks to offer rapid solutions for critical applications and swift time to solution. |
NVIDIA A100 real-world use cases
| Use Case | Success Story |
Artificial Intelligence R&D |
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Caption Health utilized the NVIDIA A100’s capabilities to develop AI models for echocardiography, enabling rapid and accurate assessment of cardiac function in patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infections. |
Data Analytics and Business Intelligence |
LILT leveraged NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs and NeMo to accelerate multilingual content creation to enable rapid translation of high volumes of content for a European law enforcement agency. The agency achieved throughput rates of up to 150,000 words per minute and scaled far beyond on-premises capabilities. |
High-Performance Computing |
Shell employed NVIDIA A100 GPUs to facilitate rapid data processing and analysis to enhance their ability to derive insights from complex datasets. Shell achieved significant improvements in computational efficiency and performance across different applications. |
Cloud Computing and Virtualization |
Perplexity harnesses NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs and TensorRT-LLM to fuel their pplx-api to enable swift and effective LLM inference. Deployed on Amazon EC2 P4d instances, Perplexity achieved outstanding latency reductions and cost efficiencies. |
What industries can benefit most from the NVIDIA A100 GPU?
| Industry | Description |
Technology and IT Services |
Cloud service providers, data center operators, and IT consulting firms can leverage the A100 to deliver high-performance computing services, accelerate AI workloads, and enhance overall infrastructure efficiency. |
Research and Academia |
Universities, research institutions, and scientific laboratories can harness the power of the A100 to advance scientific discovery, conduct groundbreaking research, and address complex challenges in fields ranging from physics and chemistry to biology and astronomy. |
Finance and Banking |
Financial institutions, investment firms, and banking organizations can use the A100 to analyze vast amounts of financial data, optimize trading algorithms, and enhance risk management strategies, enabling faster decision-making and improving business outcomes. |
Healthcare and Life Sciences |
Pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, and healthcare providers can leverage the A100 to accelerate drug discovery, perform genomic analysis, and develop personalized medicine solutions, leading to better patient outcomes and healthcare innovation. |
NVIDIA A100 price
By integrating the A100 GPU into our bare metal infrastructure, we’re providing our customers with a way to never exceed their compute limit or budget.
Whether you are a researcher, a startup, or an enterprise, our GPU lineup can help facilitate accelerated innovation, streamlined workflows, and breakthroughs that you may have thought were previously unattainable.
| NVIDIA GPU | 1-Year | 2-Year | 3-Year |
A100 40GB |
$800.00 | $720.00 | $640.00 |
A100 80GB |
$1,300.00 | $1,170.00 | $1,140.00 |
HorizonIQ’s NVIDIA A100 on Bare Metal servers
At HorizonIQ, we’re bringing you the power of the NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU directly to our bare metal servers. We aim to provide the pinnacle of computational excellence, with unmatched acceleration, scalability, and versatility for tackling even the toughest AI workloads.
By leveraging our GPU-based bare metal servers, you’ll gain direct access to this cutting-edge technology. This ensures that your workloads run optimally, with increased efficiency and maximum uptime through redundant systems and proactive support.
Plus, with HorizonIQ, you can expect zero lock-in, seamless integration, 24/7 support, and tailored solutions that are fully customizable to meet your specific needs.
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