Chip comparison
NVIDIA A10 Tensor Core GPU vs NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU
Side-by-side specs
Straight from each vendor's datasheet. Winner in bold: higher throughput, memory, or transistor count; lower power draw or price. Sparse (2:4) throughput roughly doubles the FP8/INT8 numbers shown.
| Field | NVIDIA A10 Tensor Core GPU | NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | Samsung 8N | TSMC 12FFN |
| Transistors (B) | 28.3 | 13.6 |
| Die size | 628 mm² | 545 mm² |
| TDP | 150 W | 70 W |
| Memory | 24 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bandwidth | 600 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
| FP16 (dense) | 125 TFLOPS | 65 TFLOPS |
| BF16 (dense) | 125 TFLOPS | — |
| INT8 (dense) | 250 TOPS | 130 TOPS |
| Form factor | PCIe | PCIe (single-slot, low-profile) |
| Announced | 2021-04-12 | 2018-09-13 |
| Released | 2021-04-12 | 2019-01-01 |
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Common questions
NVIDIA A10 Tensor Core GPU vs NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU: which is faster for training?
NVIDIA A10 Tensor Core GPU has 1.92x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (NVIDIA A10 Tensor Core GPU: 125 TFLOPS; NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU: 65 TFLOPS). Real-world training speed also depends on memory bandwidth, interconnect, and software stack: see the spec diff for those inputs.
NVIDIA A10 Tensor Core GPU vs NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU: which has more memory?
NVIDIA A10 Tensor Core GPU carries more HBM (NVIDIA A10 Tensor Core GPU: 24 GB GDDR6; NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU: 16 GB GDDR6). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
NVIDIA A10 Tensor Core GPU vs NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU: which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: NVIDIA A10 Tensor Core GPU 0.83 (125 ÷ 150 W); NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU 0.93 (65 ÷ 70 W). NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
See also: every chip comparison · NVIDIA A10 Tensor Core GPU full page · NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU full page.