| Architecture | Year | Key AI Feature | Example GPUs | Typical Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volta | 2017 | First Tensor Cores | V100 | Early DL research |
| Turing | 2018 | Enhanced Tensor Cores + DLSS | RTX 20-series, Quadro RTX | Graphics + basic inference |
| Ampere | 2020 | TF32 precision + structured sparsity | A100, RTX 30-series | Major leap in training speed |
| Ada Lovelace | 2022 | Power efficiency + 4th-gen Tensor Cores | RTX 40-series, RTX 6000 Ada | Workstations & laptops |
| Hopper | 2022 | 1st-gen Transformer Engine (FP8) | H100, H200 | Datacenter LLMs & large-scale training |
| Blackwell | 2024 | 2nd-gen Transformer Engine + FP4/FP6 | B200, RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | Massive models, best perf-per-watt today |
| Rubin (upcoming) | 2026 | 3rd-gen Transformer Engine + HBM4 | Rubin GPUs (shipping H2 2026) | Next-gen inference & MoE training |
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