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Best GPUs for deep learning, AI development, compute in 2023–2024. Recommended GPU & hardware for AI training, inference (LLMs, generative AI). GPU training, inference benchmarks using PyTorch, TensorFlow for computer vision (CV), NLP, text-to-speech, etc.
We benchmark these GPUs and compare AI performance (deep learning training; FP16, FP32, PyTorch, TensorFlow), 3d rendering, Cryo-EM performance in the most popular apps (Octane, VRay, Redshift, Blender, Luxmark, Unreal Engine, Relion Cryo-EM).
Our benchmarks will help you decide which GPU (NVIDIA RTX 4090/4080, H100 Hopper, H200, A100, RTX 6000 Ada, A6000, A5000, or RTX 6000 ADA Lovelace) is the best GPU for your needs. We provide an in-depth analysis of the AI performance of each graphic card's performance so you can make the most informed decision possible. We offer deep learning and 3d rendering benchmarks that will help you get the most out of your hardware.
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Benchmarks
Deep Learning GPU Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]
Resnet50 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2179
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1720
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
8561
NVIDIA RTX 4090
5934
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
16797
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Resnet50 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Resnet50 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1001
NVIDIA RTX 4090
927
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
3849
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1715
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
7557
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Resnet50 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Resnet152 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
930
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
3557
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
6809
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Resnet152 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Resnet152 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
409
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1498
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2851
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Resnet152 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V3 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1283
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
5218
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
10122
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V3 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V3 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
658
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2568
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
5058
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V3 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V4 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
616
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2377
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
4532
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V4 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V4 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
290
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1031
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1950
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Inception V4 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
VGG16 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1249
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
4989
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
10733
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
VGG16 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
VGG16 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
529
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2215
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
4278
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
VGG16 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Googlenet (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Googlenet (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
3D, GPU Rendering Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]
V-Ray
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1555
NVIDIA RTX 4090
5556
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Octane
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
498
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1445
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Redshift
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1.16
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Blender
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
3788
NVIDIA RTX 4090
12123.96
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Luxmark
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
158815
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Unreal Engine
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
92.1
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
RELION Cryo-EM Benchmarks 2024-2025 [Updated]
Total run time
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
178.9
NVIDIA RTX 4090
105.2
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
50.3
NVIDIA RTX 4090
53.2
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
BERT LARGE Training, Inference Benchmark 2024-2025 [Updated]
Training Time (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Performance (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Training Time (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Performance (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Llama3 70B Inference Benchmark 2024–2025 [Updated]
Eval rate
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
9.95
2 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
19.99
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
Technical Specifications
Board Design
| NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 267 mm | 336 mm |
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 8-pin EPS | 1x 16-pin |
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Triple-slot |
| TDP | 250 W | 450 W |
Clock Speeds
| NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1410 MHz | 2520 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 765 MHz | 2235 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2400 MHz | 21200 MHz |
Graphics Card
| NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Generation | Tesla (Axx) | GeForce 40 |
Graphics Features
| NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.0 | 8.9 |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| Shader Model | 6.7 |
Graphics Processor
| NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| Die Size | 826 mm2 | 608 mm2 |
| GPU Name | GA100 | AD102-300-A1 |
| Process Size | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistors | 54200 million | 76300 million |
Memory
| NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 1555 GB/s | 1018 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 5120 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Size | 40 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Type | HBM2e | GDDR6X |
Render Config
| NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 160 | 192 |
| Shading Units/ CUDA Cores | 6912 | 16384 |
| TMUs | 432 | 512 |
| Tensor Cores | 432 | 512 |
| RT Cores | 128 |
Theoretical Performance
| NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 77.97 TFLOPS | 82.58 TFLOPS |
| FP32 (float) performance | 19.49 TFLOPS | 82.58 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 9746 GFLOPS | 1290 GFLOPS |
| Pixel Rate | 225.6 GPixel/s | 483.8 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 609.1 GTexel/s | 1290 GTexel/s |
Price
| NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Release Date | Jun 22nd, 2020 | Oct 12th, 2022 |
| MSRP | $ | 1599 $ |
Test bench configuration
| NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | BIZON X5000 More details | BIZON X5500 More details |
| Software | 3D Rendering: Nvidia Driver: 461.09 VRay Benchmark: 5 Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5 Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo Blender: 2.90 Luxmark: 3.1 | 3D Rendering: Nvidia Driver: VRay Benchmark: Octane Benchmark: Redshift Benchmark: Blender: Luxmark: |
Recommended hardware
| NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Best GPU workstations | BIZON X5500 | BIZON X5500 |
| Best NVIDIA GPU servers | BIZON X7000 |