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PlayStation 2 to H100

One comparison in this view is exactly 70×. The PlayStation 2 Graphics Synthesizer’s embedded DRAM is rated at 48 GB/s, and the H100 SXM module’s HBM3 is rated at 3.35 TB/s. Both are memory-bandwidth figures at memory scope, obtained by the theoretical-peak method. The approved derived claim divides the latter by the former and rounds to the two significant digits supported by the inputs.

The 70× ratio covers peak transfer rates between each memory and its processing units. It does not measure console performance against accelerator performance. The Graphics Synthesizer’s 48 GB/s is a maximum across separate frame-buffer, Z-buffer, and texture ports; one operation uses only part of it. The H100 is an accelerator that receives work from a host. Both caveats remain attached to the figures behind the ratio.

Other rows are independent of the 70× result. The PlayStation 2’s 32 MiB main RDRAM and the H100’s 80 GiB module memory answer different system questions, and their floating-point rates describe different processors and workloads. The page shows those figures when the catalog has them, but it does not combine them into a measure of graphics, gaming, or general-purpose performance.

At a glance

This card lists what each record states. These are the six questions every machine in the catalog is asked. A row with answers from different methods has no bar or multiplier; the line beneath it explains the difference.

Question	Sony PlayStation 2Sony Computer EntertainmentConsole · 2000Retail console	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM)NVIDIAAccelerator · 2022SXM module
CPU clock	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)294.912 MHzConfirmed	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)not applicableno cpu component is fitted to this record
GPU clock	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)150 MHzConfirmed	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)unknownNVIDIA’s specification table for this accelerator gives floating-point rates at four precisions, a memory bandwidth and a power figure, and no clock at all.
Memory capacitylog scale	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)32 MiBConfirmed	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)80 GiBNVIDIA H100 (SXM) GPU memoryConfirmed
Methods, caveats and sources for memory capacity Where these sit among 68 machines recorded this way 32 MiBNVIDIA GeForce 256 32 MiBSony PlayStation 2 41 943 040 BNintendo GameCube 32 GiBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 80 GiBNVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) Sony PlayStation 2 — 28th-lowest of the 68 figures recorded this way, and 2nd-lowest of the 9 from 1997–2003. NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) — the highest of the 68 figures recorded this way, and the highest of the 16 from 2019–2025. Positions on a logarithmic scale. See all 68 over time.
Memory bandwidth	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)48 GB/sGraphics Synthesizer embedded DRAMConfirmed3.2 GB/sPlayStation 2 main memory (Direct RDRAM)Confirmed3.2 GB/sConfirmed	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)3.35 TB/sNVIDIA H100 (SXM) GPU memoryConfirmed3.35 TB/sConfirmed
These figures describe different parts of a machine (the memory and the whole machine). The figures are shown separately, and no bar is drawn. See how they are accounted for.
Peak FP32	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)6.2 GFLOP/sEmotion EngineConfirmed	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)67 TFLOP/sNVIDIA H100 (SXM)Confirmed
These figures describe different parts of a machine (the processor and the graphics processor). The figures are shown separately, and no bar is drawn. See how they are accounted for.
Power	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)79 WConfirmed	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)700 WNVIDIA H100 (SXM)Confirmed
These figures describe different parts of a machine (the whole machine and the graphics processor). The figures are shown separately, and no bar is drawn.

Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console), the first record, is the multiplier baseline. Each section covers its own metrics. This comparison has no overall score. Bars are drawn to scale within a row and carry no number of their own.

Processing

Instruction rates, floating-point peaks, benchmark results and clocks. None of these converts into another.

Clock frequencycpu

Only one of these records states this figure in this form, so there is nothing here to compare it with.

Method	Sony PlayStation 2Retail console	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM)SXM module
Nominal clock	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)294.912 MHzConfirmed baselinecaveat Recorded as Vendor-rated. Stated by the vendor. Caveat Sony first published this clock as "300 MHz" a year before launch and as 294.912 MHz afterwards; see the conflict ledger. The figure also covers only the CPU: geometry runs on the two vector units and drawing on a separate chip with a clock of its own. Sources scei-ee-gs-single-chip-2003	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)not recorded

Peak FP32 ratecpu

Only one of these records states this figure in this form, so there is nothing here to compare it with.

Method	Sony PlayStation 2Retail console	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM)SXM module
Theoretical peak	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)6.2 GFLOP/sConfirmed baselinecaveat Recorded as Emotion Engine: Vendor-rated. Stated by the vendor. Caveat Sony states the rate without an operation mix, a precision or a benchmark, so it is a vendor peak rather than an achieved result. It is not comparable with the Dreamcast's floating-point figure, which Sega derived from a specific matrix-multiplication workload. Sources scei-ps2-specifications-1999	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)not recorded

Graphics

Figures recorded against a graphics processor.

Clock frequencygpu

Both records address this quantity, but neither states a value. The figures are recorded as an explicit absence, so there is nothing to compare.

Method	Sony PlayStation 2Retail console	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM)SXM module
Nominal clock	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)150 MHzConfirmed baselinecaveat Recorded as Vendor-rated. Stated by the vendor. Caveat Sony states 150 MHz and derives the chip's own bandwidth figures from it, so the two agree; accounts outside Sony's documentation frequently give 147.456 MHz instead. No source cited here states that value, so it is not recorded. Sources scei-ps2-specifications-1999	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)unknownNVIDIA’s specification table for this accelerator gives floating-point rates at four precisions, a memory bandwidth and a power figure, and no clock at all. no value herecaveat Recorded as Stated by the vendor. Caveat Unknown rather than not-applicable, and worth noticing beside the two consumer cards in this catalog: the GeForce GTX 1080 is specified with a base clock and a boost clock, while the data-center part from the same maker is specified with neither. What NVIDIA sells here is throughput, and the frequency that produces it is left inside the figures. Multiplier No multiplier: no value is recorded here. Sources nvidia-h100-product-specifications

Peak FP32 rategpu

Only one of these records states this figure in this form, so there is nothing here to compare it with.

Method	Sony PlayStation 2Retail console	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM)SXM module
Theoretical peak	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)not recorded	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)67 TFLOP/sConfirmed baseline states nonecaveat Recorded as NVIDIA H100 (SXM): Vendor-rated. Stated by the vendor. Caveat Equal to this chip's double-precision tensor-core rate, which is a coincidence of two different units and not a statement that precision costs nothing here: on the general units, single precision is twice as fast as double. Multiplier No multiplier: Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console) records no value here, so there is nothing to divide by. Sources nvidia-h100-product-specifications

Memory

Capacity, bandwidth, bus width and timing. Binary and decimal prefixes are kept as the source wrote them.

Memory capacityVideo memory · memory

Only one of these records states this figure in this form, so there is nothing here to compare it with.

Method	Sony PlayStation 2Retail console	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM)SXM module
Design capacity	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)4 MiBConfirmed baselinecaveat Recorded as Graphics Synthesizer embedded DRAM: Vendor-rated. Stated by the vendor. Caveat The release writes "4MB", meaning 4 MiB. The figure is quoted from the 2003 description of the merged Emotion Engine and Graphics Synthesizer chip; the embedded memory was not resized when the two dies were combined. Sources scei-ee-gs-single-chip-2003	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)built differentlyStated for the whole machine, in another row here.

Memory capacitySystem memory · memory

Only one of these records states this figure in this form, so there is nothing here to compare it with.

Method	Sony PlayStation 2Retail console	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM)SXM module
Design capacity	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)32 MiBConfirmed baselinecaveat Recorded as PlayStation 2 main memory (Direct RDRAM): Vendor-rated. Stated by the vendor. Caveat The release writes "32 MB", meaning 32 MiB. The Graphics Synthesizer's 4 MiB is separate and unreachable from here, so the two are never added. Sources scei-ps2-specifications-1999	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)built differentlyStated for the whole machine, in another row here.

Memory capacitywhole-system

Method	Sony PlayStation 2Retail console	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM)SXM module
Design capacitylog scale	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)32 MiBConfirmed baselinecaveat Recorded as Derived. Computed here from figures the vendor stated. Caveat Adds 1 memory-capacity figure obtained by design-capacity. Left out: 4 MiB embedded in the Graphics Synthesizer (on the drawing chip’s own die and unreachable from the processor). A total is only as trustworthy as the decision about what belongs in it, so both the terms and the exclusions are named records. Sources scei-ps2-specifications-1999	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)80 GiBConfirmed 2600×the baselinecaveat Recorded as NVIDIA H100 (SXM) GPU memory: Vendor-rated. Stated by the vendor. Caveat NVIDIA writes "80GB", read as 80 GiB in the binary convention this catalog applies to every memory capacity. Recorded at whole-system scope because it is all the memory this device has, but it answers a narrower question than a computer's: work has to be copied here from a host before the accelerator can touch it. Multiplier `a ÷ b` (ratio v1, to 2 significant digits) NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM): 80 GiB Sony PlayStation 2: 32 MiB Compares memory-capacity at whole-system scope, obtained by design-capacity. Valid only within this comparability group, and reported to 2 significant digits — the precision of the least precise input. Sources nvidia-h100-product-specifications

Memory bandwidthVideo memory · memory

Method	Sony PlayStation 2Retail console	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM)SXM module
Theoretical peak	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)48 GB/sConfirmed baselinecaveat Recorded as Graphics Synthesizer embedded DRAM: Theoretical. Stated by the vendor. Caveat A bus maximum. The 2560 bit are not one bus but three ports — separate read and write paths for the frame and Z buffers plus a texture path — so no single operation can consume the whole figure. Sources scei-ps2-specifications-1999	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)3.35 TB/sConfirmed 70×the baselinecaveat Recorded as NVIDIA H100 (SXM) GPU memory: Theoretical. Stated by the vendor. Caveat A bus maximum like every other bandwidth figure here, and directly comparable with them: same metric, same scope, same method. That makes it the one place in this record where a multiplier across the whole span of the catalog is legitimate. Multiplier `a ÷ b` (ratio v1, to 2 significant digits) NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM): 3.35 TB/s Sony PlayStation 2: 48 GB/s Compares memory-bandwidth at memory scope, obtained by theoretical-peak. Valid only within this comparability group, and reported to 2 significant digits — the precision of the least precise input. At least one input is a theoretical peak, which is an upper bound rather than an achieved result. Sources nvidia-h100-product-specifications

Memory bandwidthSystem memory · memory

Only one of these records states this figure in this form, so there is nothing here to compare it with.

Method	Sony PlayStation 2Retail console	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM)SXM module
Theoretical peak	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)3.2 GB/sConfirmed baselinecaveat Recorded as PlayStation 2 main memory (Direct RDRAM): Theoretical. Stated by the vendor. Caveat A bus maximum, not a rate any workload sustains. Rambus reaches it with a narrow channel at a very high transfer rate, which makes it more sensitive to access pattern than a wide, slow bus of the same nominal figure. Sources scei-ps2-specifications-1999	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)built differentlyStated as video memory and for the whole machine, in another row here.

Memory bandwidthwhole-system

Method	Sony PlayStation 2Retail console	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM)SXM module
Theoretical peaklog scale	Sony PlayStation 2 (Retail console)3.2 GB/sConfirmed baselinecaveat Recorded as Derived. Computed here from figures the vendor stated. Caveat Adds 1 memory-bandwidth figure obtained by theoretical-peak. Left out: 48 GB/s inside the Graphics Synthesizer (the drawing chip’s own embedded memory, which the processor cannot read or write). A total is only as trustworthy as the decision about what belongs in it, so both the terms and the exclusions are named records. Sources scei-ps2-specifications-1999	NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM) (SXM module)3.35 TB/sConfirmed 1000×the baselinecaveat Recorded as Derived. Computed here from figures the vendor stated. Caveat Adds 1 memory-bandwidth figure obtained by theoretical-peak. Nothing in the catalog is left out of it. A total is only as trustworthy as the decision about what belongs in it, so both the terms and the exclusions are named records. Multiplier `a ÷ b` (ratio v1, to 2 significant digits) NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU (SXM): 3.35 TB/s Sony PlayStation 2: 3.2 GB/s Compares memory-bandwidth at whole-system scope, obtained by theoretical-peak. Valid only within this comparability group, and reported to 2 significant digits — the precision of the least precise input. Sources nvidia-h100-product-specifications

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