NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe Data Center GPU

The NVIDIA A100 80GB remains one of the most widely deployed AI training and inference GPUs in data centers today, offering a proven, well-supported platform for enterprises scaling AI workloads without moving to the newest (and scarcest) hardware generation. Though it's now one generation behind the H100 and H200 in this catalog, the A100 remains one of the most widely deployed data center GPUs in production today, meaning it has the deepest ecosystem of validated software, drivers, and operational tooling of any GPU in this section. Its Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) technology can partition a single physical A100 into up to seven fully isolated GPU instances, letting multiple teams or workloads share one card without interfering with each other — a capability newer, more expensive GPUs don't always support in the same way. The PCIe form factor (rather than SXM) means it fits into a much broader range of existing server chassis without requiring specialized infrastructure. For organizations running proven, well-tested AI infrastructure rather than chasing the absolute newest hardware generation, the A100 remains a genuinely sound choice with typically better availability than the H100/H200.