Chip comparison
NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU vs Tesla HW4 (FSD Computer 2)
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 A100 Tensor Core GPU | Tesla HW4 (FSD Computer 2) |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | TSMC N7 | Samsung 7LPP |
| Transistors (B) | 54 | — |
| Die size | 826 mm² | — |
| TDP | 400 W | 90 W |
| Memory | 80 GB HBM2e | 16 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bandwidth | 2,039 GB/s | — |
| FP16 (dense) | 312 TFLOPS | — |
| BF16 (dense) | 312 TFLOPS | — |
| INT8 (dense) | 624 TOPS | 300 TOPS |
| Launch price (list) | $10,000 | — |
| Form factor | SXM4 | Auto-board (dual-SoC) |
| Announced | 2020-05-14 | 2023-01-01 |
| Released | 2020-05-14 | 2023-02-01 |
Robots running NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU
No robots publicly running it yet.
Robots running Tesla HW4 (FSD Computer 2)
Data centers with NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU
No data centers publicly running it yet.
Data centers with Tesla HW4 (FSD Computer 2)
No data centers publicly running it yet.
Common questions
NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU vs Tesla HW4 (FSD Computer 2): which has more memory?
NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU carries more HBM (NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU: 80 GB HBM2e; Tesla HW4 (FSD Computer 2): 16 GB GDDR6). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU vs Tesla HW4 (FSD Computer 2): which is more widely used?
NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU: 0 robots and 0 data centers publicly running it. Tesla HW4 (FSD Computer 2): 3 robots and 0 data centers. Empty here means no operator has said publicly, not zero adoption in the market.
See also: every chip comparison · NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU full page · Tesla HW4 (FSD Computer 2) full page.