A16 PCIe

Key Metrics

Launch Date
2021-04-12
CUDA Cores
1,280
Memory
16 GB GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth
200.1 GB/s
TDP/TBP
250 W
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
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Why It Mattered

A16 PCIe is a NVIDIA A-Series accelerator from the Ampere generation. Its historical context is data-center deployment rather than gaming, so form factor, memory capacity, interconnect, virtualization features, and server compatibility are the details that make this entry useful.

Sources

Primary / manufacturer sources

  1. New NVIDIA RTX GPUs Power Next Generation of Workstations and PCs for Millions of Artists, Designers, Engineers and Virtual Desktop UsersOfficial April 12, 2021 announcement explicitly introducing the NVIDIA A10 and A16 data-center GPUsOpen source
  2. NVIDIA A16 datasheetOfficial quad-GPU board specifications for 4x 16 GB, PCIe Gen4 x16, 250 W, and an 8-pin CPU power connectorOpen source
  3. NVIDIA A16 PCIe GPU Accelerator board specificationOfficial quad-GPU board specification stating a 128-bit memory bus and 16 GB GDDR6 per GPUOpen source

Independent reference sources

  1. TechPowerUp GPU SpecsModel-level specification reference for this GPU entryOpen source

Reference databases

  1. RightNow GPU DatabaseOpen GPU database used to cross-check specifications A reference database: good for cross-checking specifications, but not proof of the original release details on its own.Open source