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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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- NVIDIA RTX 3080 vs. 3080 Ti vs. RTX 3090
- NVIDIA RTX 3090 vs. NVIDIA A6000
- NVIDIA A6000 vs. A5000 vs. NVIDIA RTX 3090
- NVIDIA A100 vs. NVIDIA A6000
- NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti vs. Titan RTX vs Quadro RTX8000
Benchmarks
Deep Learning GPU Benchmarks 2023–2024 [Updated]
Resnet50 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1071
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2179
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
2922
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
8561
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
16797
Resnet50 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Resnet50 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
596
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1001
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1625
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
3849
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
7557
Resnet50 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Resnet152 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
491
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
930
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1029
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
3557
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
6809
Resnet152 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Resnet152 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
223
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
409
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
434
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1498
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2851
Resnet152 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Inception V3 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
715
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1283
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1720
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
5218
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
10122
Inception V3 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Inception V3 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
399
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
658
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1267
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2568
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
5058
Inception V3 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Inception V4 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
383
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
616
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1022
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2377
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
4532
Inception V4 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Inception V4 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
156
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
290
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
319
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1031
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1950
Inception V4 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
VGG16 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
577
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1249
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1004
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
4989
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
10733
VGG16 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
VGG16 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
341
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
529
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1077
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2215
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
4278
VGG16 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Googlenet (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Googlenet (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
3D, GPU Rendering Benchmarks 2023–2024 [Updated]
V-Ray
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
2185
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1555
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Octane
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
769
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
498
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Redshift
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
2.3
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Blender
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
6010.36
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
3788
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Luxmark
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
95123
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Unreal Engine
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
47.6
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
RELION Cryo-EM Benchmarks 2023-2024 [Updated]
Total run time
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
165.9
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
178.9
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
57.1
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
50.3
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
BERT LARGE Training, Inference Benchmark 2023-2024 [Updated]
Training Time (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Performance (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Training Time (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Performance (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Technical Specifications
Board Design
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 336 mm | 267 mm |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin | 8-pin EPS |
| Slot width | Triple-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 350 W | 250 W |
Clock Speeds
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1695 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1395 MHz | 765 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 19500 MHz | 2400 MHz |
Graphics Card
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 30 | Tesla (Axx) |
Graphics Features
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 8.0 |
Graphics Processor
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| Die Size | 628 mm2 | 826 mm2 |
| GPU Name | GA102-300-A1 | GA100 |
| Process Size | 8 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistors | 28300 million | 54200 million |
Memory
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 936.2 GB/s | 1555 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 384 bit | 5120 bit |
| Memory Size | 24 GB | 40 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | HBM2e |
Render Config
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 112 | 160 |
| RT Cores | 82 | |
| Shading Units/ CUDA Cores | 10496 | 6912 |
| TMUs | 328 | 432 |
| Tensor Cores | 328 | 432 |
Theoretical Performance
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 35.58 TFLOPS | 77.97 TFLOPS |
| FP32 (float) performance | 35.58 TFLOPS | 19.49 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 556 GFLOPS | 9746 GFLOPS |
| Pixel Rate | 189.8 GPixel/s | 225.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 556 GTexel/s | 609.1 GTexel/s |
Price
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| MSRP | 1499 $ | $ |
| Release Date | Sep 1st, 2020 | Jun 22nd, 2020 |
Test bench configuration
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | BIZON X5000 More details | BIZON X5000 More details |
| Software | 3D Rendering: Nvidia Driver: 456.38 VRay Benchmark: 5 Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5 Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo Blender: 2.90 Luxmark: 3.1 | 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 |
Recommended hardware
| NVIDIA RTX 3090 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| Best GPU workstations | BIZON X5500 | BIZON X5500 |
| Best NVIDIA GPU servers | BIZON X7000 |