RTX 5000 Ada Generation vs Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile

Place in the ranking	155	8
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	21.36	21.79
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	TU104	AD102
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Release date	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)	9 August 2023 (1 year 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	2560	12800
Core clock speed	1110 MHz	1155 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	2550 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	249.6	1,020
Floating-point processing power	7.987 TFLOPS	65.28 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	176
TMUs	160	400
Tensor Cores	320	400
Ray Tracing Cores	40	100

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	32 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	576.0 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	No outputs	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	7.5	8.9

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	109 −129%	250−260 +129%
1440p	61 −130%	140−150 +130%
4K	49 −124%	110−120 +124%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	65−70 −132%	160−170 +132%
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75 −122%	160−170 +122%
Elden Ring	110−120 −131%	270−280 +131%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	94 −123%	210−220 +123%
Counter-Strike 2	65−70 −132%	160−170 +132%
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75 −122%	160−170 +122%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 −119%	350−400 +119%
Metro Exodus	103 −123%	230−240 +123%
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70 −132%	160−170 +132%
Valorant	130−140 −121%	300−310 +121%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	95−100 −129%	220−230 +129%
Counter-Strike 2	65−70 −132%	160−170 +132%
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75 −122%	160−170 +122%
Dota 2	44 −127%	100−105 +127%
Elden Ring	110−120 −131%	270−280 +131%
Far Cry 5	89 −125%	200−210 +125%
Fortnite	150−160 −124%	350−400 +124%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 −119%	350−400 +119%
Grand Theft Auto V	110−120 −127%	250−260 +127%
Metro Exodus	51 −116%	110−120 +116%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	180−190 −113%	400−450 +113%
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70 −132%	160−170 +132%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	110−120 −131%	270−280 +131%
Valorant	130−140 −121%	300−310 +121%
World of Tanks	270−280 −116%	600−650 +116%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	81 −122%	180−190 +122%
Counter-Strike 2	65−70 −132%	160−170 +132%
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75 −122%	160−170 +122%
Dota 2	127 −128%	290−300 +128%
Far Cry 5	90−95 −131%	210−220 +131%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 −119%	350−400 +119%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	180−190 −113%	400−450 +113%
Valorant	130−140 −121%	300−310 +121%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	60−65 −130%	140−150 +130%
Elden Ring	65−70 −127%	150−160 +127%
Grand Theft Auto V	60−65 −126%	140−150 +126%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 −129%	400−450 +129%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −127%	75−80 +127%
World of Tanks	210−220 −129%	500−550 +129%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	73 −119%	160−170 +119%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 −119%	70−75 +119%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −119%	70−75 +119%
Far Cry 5	100−110 −131%	250−260 +131%
Forza Horizon 4	95−100 −129%	220−230 +129%
Metro Exodus	77 −121%	170−180 +121%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 −114%	120−130 +114%
Valorant	100−110 −128%	230−240 +128%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 −121%	75−80 +121%
Dota 2	60−65 −119%	140−150 +119%
Elden Ring	30−35 −126%	70−75 +126%
Grand Theft Auto V	60−65 −119%	140−150 +119%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −114%	60−65 +114%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−110 −131%	250−260 +131%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −127%	50−55 +127%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 −119%	140−150 +119%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	39 −131%	90−95 +131%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 −121%	75−80 +121%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −114%	30−33 +114%
Dota 2	106 −126%	240−250 +126%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −129%	110−120 +129%
Fortnite	45−50 −117%	100−105 +117%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −118%	120−130 +118%
Valorant	50−55 −131%	120−130 +131%

This is how RTX 4000 Mobile and RTX 5000 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

RTX 5000 Ada Generation is 129% faster in 1080p
RTX 5000 Ada Generation is 130% faster in 1440p
RTX 5000 Ada Generation is 124% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	34.13	79.15
Recency	27 May 2019	9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	32 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	250 Watt

RTX 4000 Mobile has 127.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 5000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 131.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 5000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while RTX 5000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.

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