GPU Benchmarks NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe) vs. NVIDIA RTX 4090
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
NVIDIA RTX 4090
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We benchmark NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe) vs NVIDIA RTX 4090 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).
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Benchmarks
Deep Learning GPU Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]↑
As of April 2025
Resnet50 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
2535 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1720 points
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
9366 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
5934 points
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
21479 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
higher is better
Resnet50 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
1144 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
927 points
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
4273 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1715 points
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
9752 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
higher is better
Resnet152 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
1027 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
3795 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
8865 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
higher is better
Resnet152 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
441 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
1646 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
3941 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
higher is better
Inception V3 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
1529 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
5650 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
11305 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
higher is better
Inception V3 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
724 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
2703 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
6514 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
higher is better
Inception V4 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
707 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
2612 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
4871 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
higher is better
Inception V4 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
322 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
1202 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
2977 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
higher is better
VGG16 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
904 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
3341 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
11363 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
higher is better
VGG16 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
658 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
2458 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
5803 points
NVIDIA RTX 4090
n/a
higher is better
3D, GPU Rendering Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]↑
As of April 2025
V-Ray
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
5556 points
higher is better
Octane
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1445 points
higher is better
Redshift
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
1.16 minutes
lower is better
Blender
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
3935.71 score
NVIDIA RTX 4090
12123.96 score
higher is better
Luxmark
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
158815 points
higher is better
Unreal Engine
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
92.1 FPS
higher is better
RELION Cryo-EM Benchmarks 2024-2025 [Updated]↑
As of April 2025
Total run time
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
105.2 Min
4 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
53.2 Min
lower is better
Llama3 70B Inference Benchmark 2024–2025 [Updated]↑
As of April 2025
Eval rate
1 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
25.35 tokens/s
NVIDIA RTX 4090
9.95 tokens/s
2 GPU
NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 4090
19.99 tokens/s
higher is better
Technical Specifications
Board Design
| NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 11 in / 267 mm | 13 in / 336 mm | 3 in / 69 mm (26%) |
| 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 | 200 W (80%) |
Clock Speeds
| NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1410 MHz | 2520 MHz | 1110 MHz (79%) |
| GPU Clock | 1065 MHz | 2235 MHz | 1170 MHz (110%) |
| Memory Clock | 3200 MHz | 21200 MHz | 18000 MHz (563%) |
Graphics Card
| NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 | - |
| Generation | Tesla (Axx) | GeForce 40 |
Graphics Features
| NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenCL | 3 | 3 | - |
| CUDA | 8 | 8.9 | |
| DirectX | - | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| OpenGL | - | 4.6 | |
| Shader Model | - | 6.7 |
Graphics Processor
| NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace | |
| Die Size | 826 mm2 | 608 mm2 | -218 mm2 (-26%) |
| GPU Name | GA100 | AD102-300-A1 | |
| Process Size | 7 nm | 5 nm | -2 nm (-29%) |
| Transistors | 54200 million | 76300 million | 22100 million (41%) |
Memory
| NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 2039 GB/s | 1018 GB/s | -1021 GB/s (-50%) |
| Memory Bus | 5120 bit | 384 bit | -4736 bit (-92%) |
| Memory Size | 80 GB | 24 GB | -56 GB (-70%) |
| Memory Type | HBM2e | GDDR6X |
Render Config
| NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 160 | 192 | 32 (20%) |
| Shading Units/ CUDA Cores | 6912 | 16384 | 9472 (137%) |
| TMUs | 432 | 512 | 80 (19%) |
| Tensor Cores | 432 | 512 | 80 (19%) |
| RT Cores | - | 128 |
Theoretical Performance
| NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 77.97 TFLOPS | 82.58 TFLOPS | 4.61 TFLOPS (6%) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 19.49 TFLOPS | 82.58 TFLOPS | 63.09 TFLOPS (324%) |
| FP64 (double) performance | 9746 GFLOPS | 1290 GFLOPS | -8456 GFLOPS (-87%) |
| Pixel Rate | 225.6 GPixel/s | 483.8 GPixel/s | 258.2 GPixel/s (114%) |
| Texture Rate | 609.1 GTexel/s | 1290 GTexel/s | 680.9 GTexel/s (112%) |
Price
| NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release Date | Jun 28th, 2021 | Oct 12th, 2022 | |
| MSRP | - | $1,599.00 |
Test bench configuration
| NVIDIA A100 80 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 80 GB (PCIe) | NVIDIA RTX 4090 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best GPU workstations | BIZON X5500 | BIZON X5500 | - |
| Best NVIDIA GPU servers | BIZON X7000 | - |
