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A100 80GB PCIe has about the same memory than A100 80GB SXM (80 GB vs 80 GB). Its memory bandwidth is 5% less (1.935 vs 2.039 TB/s). In the cloud, the median on-demand A100 80GB PCIe price is $4.78 per GPU-hour against $1.69 for the A100 80GB SXM. Per gigabyte of GPU memory, that is $0.060 vs $0.021 per hour.
Manufacturer figures as recorded by Kovara. Higher memory and bandwidth are highlighted; neither is a benchmark of your workload.
| A100 80GB PCIe | A100 80GB SXM | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| Memory | 80 GB HBM2E | 80 GB HBM2E |
| Memory bandwidth | 1.935 TB/s | 2.039 TB/s |
| Power (TDP) | 300 W | 400 W |
| Form factor | PCIe dual-slot | SXM |
Public offers Kovara tracks, normalised to US dollars per GPU-hour. Prices use on-demand terms where available; spot and reserved offers are on each GPU’s price pages. Lower is highlighted.
| A100 80GB PCIe | A100 80GB SXM | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest price | $1.59 | $1.38 |
| Median price | $4.78 | $1.69 |
| Highest price | $7.35 | $3.18 |
| Median per GB of memory | $0.060 | $0.021 |
| Public offers (all terms) | 81 | 20 |
| Providers | 4 | 9 |
Lowest tracked price per provider. Open a provider to see every offer, region and term.
Right now the cheapest on-demand A100 80GB PCIe Kovara tracks is $1.59 per GPU-hour and the cheapest A100 80GB SXM is $1.38. Medians are $4.78 and $1.69. The cheaper GPU per hour is not always cheaper per job: a faster or larger GPU can finish sooner or need fewer units.
Both have 80 GB of GPU memory.
No. This page compares manufacturer specifications and public prices. Real performance depends on the model, precision, software and interconnect. Kova can help you estimate cost for a specific workload.