RTX A4000 vs GeForce 305M

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated56
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data25.01
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGT218GA104
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date10 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 cores166144
Core clock speed525 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1560 MHz
Number of transistors260 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rate4.200299.5
Floating-point processing power0.0368 TFLOPS19.17 TFLOPS
Gigaflops55no data
ROPs496
TMUs8192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountUp to 512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 700 (DDR3), Up to 700 (GDDR3) MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth11.2 GB/s448.0 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 ConnectorsDisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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 19428
+12852%

Pros & cons summary


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 an age advantage of 11 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 305M and RTX A4000. We've got no test results to judge.

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


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