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Abstract
The ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX A1000 8GB PCIe Gen4 Active GPU is a powerful, low-profile GPU for real time ray tracing and AI acceleration. Built on the NVIDIA Ampere GPU architecture, it combines 2,304 CUDA Cores, 72 third-generation Tensor Cores, and 18 second-generation RT Cores, and 8GB of GDDR6 graphics memory. With the RTX A1000 GPU, you can create more compelling visuals, explore new AI-powered workflows, and boost your productivity, all from a small-form-factor solution.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the RTX A1000 GPU and its key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the RTX A1000 GPU and consider its use in IT solutions.
Introduction
The ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX A1000 8GB PCIe Gen4 Active GPU is a powerful, low-profile GPU for real time ray tracing and AI acceleration. Built on the NVIDIA Ampere GPU architecture, it combines 2,304 CUDA Cores, 72 third-generation Tensor Cores, and 18 second-generation RT Cores, and 8GB of GDDR6 graphics memory. With the RTX A1000 GPU, you can create more compelling visuals, explore new AI-powered workflows, and boost your productivity, all from a small-form-factor solution.
The RTX A1000 GPU delivers the performance, AI capabilities, enterprise reliability, and features professionals need in a small-form-factor solution.
Figure 1. ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX A1000 8GB PCIe Gen4 Active GPU
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Part number information
The following table shows the part numbers for the RTX A1000 GPU.
The RTX A1000 GPU is not Controlled which means the GPU is unrestricted and is available in all markets.
The option part numbers includes the following:
- One RTX A1000 GPU
- Full-height (3U) and Low profile (2) adapter brackets
- Documentation flyer
Features
The RTX A1000 GPU is an efficient, single slot professional solution for CAD, DCC, financial service industry (FSI) and visualization professionals in general looking to reach great performance in a compact form factor. Building upon the enhancements from the Turing GPU, the NVIDIA Ampere architecture enhances ray tracing operations, tensor matrix operations, and concurrent executions of FP32 and INT32 operations.
Key features:
- Second-generation RT Cores
- Third-generation Tensor Cores
- PCI Express Gen 4 host interface
- Four Mini DisplayPort 1.4a
- AV1 decode support
- DisplayPort with audio
- NVIDIA RTX Experience
- NVIDIA RTX Desktop Manager software
- NVIDIA RTX IO support
- HDCP 2.2 support
- NVIDIA Mosaic technology
Key workloads:
- Design and Visualization
- Digital Content Creation
- Computer-Aided Design
- Multi-Display Work Environments
- Edge Computing Applications
- Productivity Applications
Technical specifications
The following table lists the specifications of the RTX A1000 GPU.
Server support
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
NVIDIA GPU software
This section lists the NVIDIA software that is available from Lenovo.
NVIDIA HPC Compiler Software
Regulatory approvals
The RTX A1000 GPU has the following regulatory approvals:
- RCM
- BSMI
- CE
- FCC
- ICES
- KCC
- cUL, UL
- VCCI
Operating environment
The RTX A1000 GPU has the following operating characteristics:
- Ambient temperature
- Operational: 0°C to 50°C (-5°C to 55°C for short term*)
- Storage: -40°C to 75°C
- Relative humidity:
- Operational: 5-85% (5-93% short term*)
- Storage: 5-95%
* A period not more than 96 hours consecutive, not to exceed 15 days per year.
Warranty
One year limited warranty. When installed in a Lenovo server, the GPU assumes the server’s base warranty and any warranty upgrades.
Related publications
For more information, refer to these documents:
- ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile GPU Summary:
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp0768-thinksystem-thinkagile-gpu-summary - ServerProven compatibility:
https://serverproven.lenovo.com/ - RTX A1000 GPU product page:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/design-visualization/rtx-a1000/
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