RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation vs Quadro FX 5500 SDI

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated46
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data53.98
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG71AD104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date20 April 2006 (18 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,999 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 data6144
Core clock speed650 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1560 MHz
Number of transistors278 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)104 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate15.60299.5
Floating-point processing powerno data19.17 TFLOPS
ROPs1680
TMUs24192
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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mm168 mm
Width3-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 amount1 GB20 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed505 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth32.32 GB/s280.0 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 Connectors3x DVI, 1x S-Video4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.8
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2006 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 104 Watt 70 Watt

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation has an age advantage of 16 years, a 1900% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1700% more advanced lithography process, and 48.6% lower power consumption.

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NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI
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