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NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB

NVIDIA · GPU · LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, recorded 2026-10-28

On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB ranks 15 of 48 devices overall with a GT of 440.29 (Training 415.55, rank 13; Inference 660.97, rank 13; Compute 210.04, rank 20); overall it scores 0.47x the NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3 and 0.98x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

Ampere architecture · 80 GB HBM2e (NVIDIA specifications)

440.29
GT · rank #15 of 48

Where It Sits on the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index

Rank among all 48 devices; further right is higher.

  • Overall (GT)rank 15 of 48
  • Trainingrank 13 of 48
  • Inferencerank 13 of 48
  • Computerank 20 of 48
The NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB's score divided by the reference device's score
Compared withOverallTrainingInferenceCompute
NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM30.47x0.59x0.39x0.43x
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40900.98x1.24x1.00x0.57x
Nearest devices on each score, with this device's score divided by theirs
ScoreNext aboveRatioNext belowRatio
Training NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (WSL)0.88x NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe1.07x
Inference NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (WSL)0.74x NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40901.00x
Compute NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER0.94x NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe1.04x
  • Did not execute: FP8 inference (scored zero).

training

415.55 category score
Model Precision Sustained
MobileNetV3 FP32 363.86
MobileNetV3 BF16 175.17
Flan-T5 Small FP32 657.00
Flan-T5 Small BF16 353.74
DistilGPT2 FP32 657.14
DistilGPT2 BF16 358.79
DistilBERT FP32 805.46
DistilBERT BF16 690.91
GraphGPS (Peptides) FP32 225.70
GraphGPS (Peptides) BF16 230.04

inference

660.97 category score
Model Precision Sustained
MobileNetV3 FP16 1709.26
MobileNetV3 INT8 503.53
Flan-T5 Small FP16 1645.66
Flan-T5 Small INT8 759.30
Flan-T5 Small FP8 0.00
DistilGPT2 FP16 1607.95
DistilGPT2 INT8 727.01
DistilGPT2 FP8 0.00
DistilBERT FP16 1267.42
DistilBERT INT8 613.96
DistilBERT FP8 0.00
GraphGPS (Peptides) FP16 548.43
GraphGPS (Peptides) INT8 272.75
GraphGPS (Peptides) FP8 0.00

compute

210.04 category score
Model Precision Sustained
Dense MatMul FP32 312.37
Dense MatMul FP16 431.41
Dense MatMul BF16 477.39
Dense MatMul FP64 132.43
Sparse MatMul FP32 91.46
Sparse MatMul FP64 163.00

LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index · GT = LynxBenchAI Global Score. Every precision result is sustained throughput under a declared, bounded optimisation budget — no collapsed single number below the category level.

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How to Read These Results

A LynxBenchAI score is sustained throughput on a fixed catalogue of PyTorch models, measured after a warm-up at a batch size raised until throughput stops improving, so it is what the machine holds under load, not its best instant. Training, Inference and Compute are three separate scores; GT combines them (Training and Inference weigh 0.4 each, Compute 0.2).

Every run uses the stock, publicly released PyTorch stack, so a result is broadly indicative of the out-of-the-box PyTorch experience on that hardware, and so of custom PyTorch models too. It does not run your own model, and it is not a vendor-tuned peak like an MLPerf submission.

Scores compare only within one Index: the 26Q3 Index fixes the models, precisions, correctness thresholds and scoring, and a later Index may change them. Each test is one timed window, the scores have no 0-100 scale, and a precision a device cannot run scores zero rather than being skipped.

LynxBenchAI is built by TechnoLynx, which the European Commission engaged as an independent expert advisor on AI performance and benchmarking for AI Gigafactories under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (case study).

Questions

How fast is the NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB for AI workloads?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB ranks 15 of 48 devices overall with a GT of 440.29 (Training 415.55, rank 13; Inference 660.97, rank 13; Compute 210.04, rank 20); overall it scores 0.47x the NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3 and 0.98x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
How does the NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB compare with the NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB scores 0.47x the NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3 overall: Training 0.59x, Inference 0.39x, Compute 0.43x.
How does the NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB compare with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB scores 0.98x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 overall: Training 1.24x, Inference 1.00x, Compute 0.57x.
Which precisions did the NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB not run?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB did not execute FP8 inference; those results score zero rather than being left out.
What does this result tell me about my own PyTorch model?
Every run uses the stock, publicly released PyTorch stack, so a result is broadly indicative of the out-of-the-box PyTorch experience on that hardware, and so of custom PyTorch models too. It does not run your own model, and it is not a vendor-tuned peak like an MLPerf submission.

Measure your own NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB: pip install lynxbench-ai · Install guide →

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