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A40

48GB VRAM • 576 GB/s • 96 FP16 TFLOPS

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VRAM
48 GB
Memory Bandwidth
576 GB/s
FP16 TFLOPS
96
TDP
250W
Architecture
ampere
MSRP
$5,000

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