Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs Quadro RTX 4000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro RTX 4000 with RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RTX 4000
2018
8 GB GDDR6, 160 Watt
39.71
+45.5%

RTX 4000 outperforms Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile by a considerable 45% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking109202
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation36.26no data
Power efficiency17.0153.47
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTU104AD107
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date13 November 2018 (6 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores23042048
Core clock speed1005 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHz2025 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate222.5129.6
Floating-point processing power7.119 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs14464
Tensor Cores28864
Ray Tracing Cores3616

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length241 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1625 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth416.0 GB/s128.0 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 Connectors3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.9

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.71 27.30
Recency 13 November 2018 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 35 Watt

RTX 4000 has a 45.5% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 140% more advanced lithography process, and 357.1% lower power consumption.

The Quadro RTX 4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 4000 is a workstation card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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