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NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe Cloud GPU Specs

HexGrid Cloud rents the NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe at $1.49 per GPU hour, billed per minute — about 12% below the $1.70/hr average across 2 other clouds. The A100 80GB carries 80GB of HBM2e memory on the Ampere architecture.

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HexGrid Cloud price

$1.49/hr

Billed per minute

VRAM

80GB

HBM2e

FP32

19.5 TFLOPS

Compute performance

Market average

$1.70/hr

You save 12%

Running the A100 80GB on HexGrid Cloud

What you get when you deploy with us, beyond the hourly rate.

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Per-minute billing

You pay for the minutes you use. Stop the instance and billing stops with it.

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No egress charges

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A100 80GB pricing across the market

Published on-demand rates from other clouds, so you can see where our A100 80GB price sits.

Market average $1.70/hr across 2 clouds

12% below market average
  • HexGrid CloudYou're here$1.49/hr
  • RunPod$1.59/hr
  • Lambda AI$1.80/hr

Other providers' rates are their published on-demand list prices. They exclude committed-use discounts and can change at any time. Shown for reference only.

About the NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe

What the A100 80GB is built for, and where it falls short.

The NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe is an Ampere Tensor Core accelerator with 80GB of HBM2e memory and support for TF32, BF16, FP16, INT8, FP64, MIG, and NVLink. It is designed for AI training and inference as well as scientific and high-performance computing.

Best suited for

The A100 80GB remains a capable AI and HPC accelerator thanks to its large HBM2e memory, strong Tensor Core performance, FP64 support, and MIG virtualization.

  • LLM training
  • LLM inference
  • Model fine-tuning
  • Scientific computing
  • HPC
  • Data analytics

Strengths

  • 80GB HBM2e memory
  • Strong FP64 and Tensor performance
  • MIG support
  • NVLink support
  • Broad AI and HPC software support

Limitations

  • No FP8 acceleration
  • Slower AI throughput than H100 and newer GPUs
  • Lower memory bandwidth than H200

NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe specifications

Full technical specifications for the NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe.

VendorNVIDIAArchitectureAmpereChipGA100CategoryDatacenter GPUReleased2020Form factorPCIe dual-slotInterfacePCIe 4.0 x16

Memory

Memory
80 GB
Type
HBM2e
Bandwidth
1,935 GB/s
Bus width
5120-bit
ECC
Yes

Compute

CUDA cores
6,912
Tensor cores
432
Tensor generation
Gen 3
Boost clock
1,410 MHz

AI & compute performance

FP64
9.7 TFLOPS
FP32
19.5 TFLOPS
TF32 Tensor
156 TFLOPS / 312 TFLOPS sparse
BF16 Tensor
312 TFLOPS / 624 TFLOPS sparse
FP16 Tensor
312 TFLOPS / 624 TFLOPS sparse
INT8 Tensor
624 TOPS / 1,248 TOPS sparse

Power & physical

TDP
300 W
Form factor
PCIe dual-slot
Cooling
Passive
Length
267 mm

Interconnect

Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
NVLink
Yes
NVLink bandwidth
600 GB/s
Infinity Fabric
No

Virtualization

MIG
Yes
vGPU
Yes

Media engines

NVENC engines
0
NVDEC engines
5
AV1 encode
No
AV1 decode
Yes

Software

CUDA
Yes
ROCm
No

Precision support

FP64
Yes
FP32
Yes
TF32
Yes
BF16
Yes
FP16
Yes
FP8
No
INT8
Yes

A100 80GB frequently asked questions

Common questions about NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe pricing, specifications and workloads on HexGrid Cloud.

How much memory does the NVIDIA A100 80GB have?

This A100 configuration has 80GB of HBM2e memory with 1,935 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Does the A100 support MIG?

Yes. The A100 supports up to seven Multi-Instance GPU partitions.

Does the A100 support FP8?

No. FP8 Tensor Core acceleration was introduced with the Hopper generation.

Is the A100 good for LLM training?

Yes. The A100 remains a capable training and fine-tuning GPU, particularly where 80GB of memory is useful.

How much does an A100 cost per hour?

A100 cloud pricing varies by form factor, provider, region, and system configuration. HexGrid compares available hourly rates.

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