GPU Comparison

NVIDIA A100 SXMvsNVIDIA RTX 3090

Detailed specifications, performance benchmarks, and pricing comparison to help you choose the right GPU for your AI workloads.

NVIDIA

NVIDIA A100 SXM

Ampere · 2020

VRAM80 GB HBM2e
FP3219.5 TFLOPS
FP1678 TFLOPS
Bandwidth2039 GB/s
TDP400W
Price$1.05/hr
NVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX 3090

Ampere · 2020

Faster
VRAM24 GB GDDR6X
FP3235.6 TFLOPS
FP1671 TFLOPS
Bandwidth936 GB/s
TDP350W
Price$0.22/hr

Specifications · Comparison

Side by side specs.

SpecNVIDIA A100 SXMNVIDIA RTX 3090
ArchitectureAmpereAmpere
VRAM80 GB+233.3%24 GB
Memory TypeHBM2eGDDR6X
Memory Bandwidth2039 GB/s+117.8%936 GB/s
FP32 Performance19.5 TFLOPS35.6 TFLOPS+45.2%
FP16 Performance78 TFLOPS+9.9%71 TFLOPS
INT8 Performance624 TOPS+119.7%284 TOPS
TDP400W350W
Form FactorSXMConsumer
Price (avg/hr)$1.05$0.22

Performance · Analysis

Performance breakdown.

Compute (FP32)

Raw single-precision floating point throughput

NVIDIA A100 SXM
19.5TFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX 3090
35.6TFLOPSWinner

NVIDIA RTX 3090 is 45.2% faster

Training (FP16)

Half-precision performance for deep learning training

NVIDIA A100 SXM
78TFLOPSWinner
NVIDIA RTX 3090
71TFLOPS

NVIDIA A100 SXM is 9.9% faster

Inference (INT8)

Integer performance for model inference workloads

NVIDIA A100 SXM
624TOPSWinner
NVIDIA RTX 3090
284TOPS

NVIDIA A100 SXM is 119.7% faster

Memory Bandwidth

Data transfer rate between memory and compute units

NVIDIA A100 SXM
2039GB/sWinner
NVIDIA RTX 3090
936GB/s

NVIDIA A100 SXM is 117.8% faster

Best Compute

NVIDIA RTX 3090

Most Memory

NVIDIA A100 SXM

Best Training

NVIDIA A100 SXM

Best Value

NVIDIA RTX 3090

Pricing · Cost

Cost comparison.

Hourly

NVIDIA A100 SXM
$1.05/hr
NVIDIA RTX 3090
$0.22/hr

Save $0.83 with NVIDIA RTX 3090

Daily

NVIDIA A100 SXM
$25.20/day
NVIDIA RTX 3090
$5.28/day

Save $19.92 with NVIDIA RTX 3090

Monthly

NVIDIA A100 SXM
$756.00/mo
NVIDIA RTX 3090
$158.40/mo

Save $597.60 with NVIDIA RTX 3090

Use Cases · Workloads

Best for your workload.

NVIDIA

NVIDIA A100 SXM

ML Training
AI Inference
Data Analytics
HPC
NVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX 3090

AI Prototyping
Content Creation
Budget ML Training

Platform · Benefits

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Pay Per Hour

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Reliable Infrastructure

Enterprise-grade reliability with automatic failover and data persistence across sessions.

FAQ · Questions

Common questions.

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