RTX 4500 Ada Generation vs Quadro RTX 8000 Passive

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated10
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data25.58
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTU102AD103
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 August 2018 (6 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$9,999 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 cores46087680
Core clock speed1230 MHz2070 MHz
Boost clock speed1620 MHz2580 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)260 Watt210 Watt
Texture fill rate466.6619.2
Floating-point processing power14.93 TFLOPS39.63 TFLOPS
ROPs9680
TMUs288240
Tensor Cores576240
Ray Tracing Cores7260

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm245 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount48 GB24 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth672.0 GB/s432.0 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C4x DisplayPort 1.4a

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
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 August 2018 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 260 Watt 210 Watt

RTX 8000 Passive has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4500 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 140% more advanced lithography process, and 23.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 8000 Passive and RTX 4500 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 Passive
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