What is NVIDIA A100?
NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core is the industry-standard AI/ML GPU. Built on Ampere architecture (2020), perfect balance of performance and cost.
80GB HBM2e, 2.0 TB/s bandwidth, 6,912 CUDA cores, 432 Tensor Cores (3rd Gen). MIG supports up to 7 isolated instances.
Specifications
ArchitectureAmpere
CUDA Cores6,912
Tensor Cores432 (3rd Gen)
Memory80GB HBM2e
Bandwidth2.0 TB/s
FP16312 TFLOPS
TDP400W
Best Use Cases NVIDIA A100
- ✓ML/DL Training - Computer vision, NLP, recommendation
- ✓AI Inference - Production deployment with low latency
- ✓NLP - BERT, GPT, translation, analysis
- ✓Computer Vision - Classification, detection
- ✓Recommendation - E-commerce, streaming
- ✓Science - Simulations, pharmaceuticals
NVIDIA A100 vs GPU
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💡 Provider Tips
Lambda Labs, CoreWeave: best prices. Vast.ai: spot with discounts.
FAQs
What is A100 good for?
ML/DL training, inference, general AI workloads. Best price/performance.
How much does it cost?
Starts at $2.75/hour. 25+ providers available.
A100 vs H100?
H100: 3-6x better for LLMs. A100: better value for general workloads.