RTX A4000 vs GeForce 305M

Place in the ranking	1258	56
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.94	25.09
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GT218	GA104
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	10 January 2010 (14 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)

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 cores	16	6144
Core clock speed	525 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1560 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	140 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.200	299.5
Floating-point processing power	0.0368 TFLOPS	19.17 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	55	no data
ROPs	4	96
TMUs	8	192
Tensor Cores	no data	192
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	48

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).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-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 type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 512 MB	16 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 700 (DDR3), Up to 700 (GDDR3) MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.1	6.7
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 305M 0.39

RTX A4000 50.38
+12818%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 305M 150

RTX A4000 19434
+12856%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−12400%

250−260
+12400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −11567%	350−400 +11567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −12400%	250−260 +12400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −12400%	250−260 +12400%
Hitman 3	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −12400%	1000−1050 +12400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −12757%	3600−3650 +12757%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −11567%	350−400 +11567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −12400%	250−260 +12400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −12400%	250−260 +12400%
Hitman 3	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −12400%	1000−1050 +12400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −12678%	1150−1200 +12678%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −12757%	3600−3650 +12757%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −11567%	350−400 +11567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −12400%	250−260 +12400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −12400%	250−260 +12400%
Hitman 3	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −12400%	1000−1050 +12400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −12678%	1150−1200 +12678%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −12757%	3600−3650 +12757%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 −12400%	750−800 +12400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −12400%	250−260 +12400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−12400%

250−260
+12400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −11900%	120−130 +11900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−12400%

250−260
+12400%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.39	50.38
Recency	10 January 2010	12 April 2021
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	140 Watt

GeForce 305M has 900% lower power consumption.

RTX A4000, on the other hand, has a 12817.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 305M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 305M is a notebook card while RTX A4000 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.