GPU Comparison

NVIDIA A100 SXMvsNVIDIA RTX 4090

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 4090

Ada Lovelace · 2022

Faster
VRAM24 GB GDDR6X
FP3282.6 TFLOPS
FP16165 TFLOPS
Bandwidth1008 GB/s
TDP450W
Price$0.36/hr

Specifications · Comparison

Side by side specs.

SpecNVIDIA A100 SXMNVIDIA RTX 4090
ArchitectureAmpereAda Lovelace
VRAM80 GB+233.3%24 GB
Memory TypeHBM2eGDDR6X
Memory Bandwidth2039 GB/s+102.3%1008 GB/s
FP32 Performance19.5 TFLOPS82.6 TFLOPS+76.4%
FP16 Performance78 TFLOPS165 TFLOPS+52.7%
INT8 Performance624 TOPS661 TOPS+5.6%
TDP400W450W
Form FactorSXMConsumer
Price (avg/hr)$1.05$0.36

Performance · Analysis

Performance breakdown.

Compute (FP32)

Raw single-precision floating point throughput

NVIDIA A100 SXM
19.5TFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX 4090
82.6TFLOPSWinner

NVIDIA RTX 4090 is 76.4% faster

Training (FP16)

Half-precision performance for deep learning training

NVIDIA A100 SXM
78TFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX 4090
165TFLOPSWinner

NVIDIA RTX 4090 is 52.7% faster

Inference (INT8)

Integer performance for model inference workloads

NVIDIA A100 SXM
624TOPS
NVIDIA RTX 4090
661TOPSWinner

NVIDIA RTX 4090 is 5.6% faster

Memory Bandwidth

Data transfer rate between memory and compute units

NVIDIA A100 SXM
2039GB/sWinner
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1008GB/s

NVIDIA A100 SXM is 102.3% faster

Best Compute

NVIDIA RTX 4090

Most Memory

NVIDIA A100 SXM

Best Training

NVIDIA RTX 4090

Best Value

NVIDIA RTX 4090

Pricing · Cost

Cost comparison.

Hourly

NVIDIA A100 SXM
$1.05/hr
NVIDIA RTX 4090
$0.36/hr

Save $0.69 with NVIDIA RTX 4090

Daily

NVIDIA A100 SXM
$25.20/day
NVIDIA RTX 4090
$8.64/day

Save $16.56 with NVIDIA RTX 4090

Monthly

NVIDIA A100 SXM
$756.00/mo
NVIDIA RTX 4090
$259.20/mo

Save $496.80 with NVIDIA RTX 4090

Use Cases · Workloads

Best for your workload.

NVIDIA

NVIDIA A100 SXM

ML Training
AI Inference
Data Analytics
HPC
NVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX 4090

AI Development
ML Prototyping
Content Creation
Gaming

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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