RTX A4500 vs ATI Fire GL4

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated45
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data19.43
ArchitectureIBM (1999−2001)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRC1000GA102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date14 March 2001 (23 years ago)23 November 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,999 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data7168
Core clock speed150 MHz1050 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1650 MHz
Number of transistorsno data28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology180 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data200 Watt
Texture fill rate0.6369.6
Floating-point processing powerno data23.65 TFLOPS
ROPs196
TMUs4224
Tensor Coresno data224
Ray Tracing Coresno data56

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceAGP Pro 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB20 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed150 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth9.6 GB/s640.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX6.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL1.24.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 March 2001 23 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 20 GB
Chip lithography 180 nm 8 nm

RTX A4500 has an age advantage of 20 years, a 15900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Fire GL4 and RTX A4500. We've got no test results to judge.


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