RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs RTX 5000 Ada Generation

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared RTX 5000 Ada Generation and RTX 4000 Ada Generation, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 5000 Ada Generation
2023
32 GB GDDR6, 250 Watt
76.01
+19.2%

RTX 5000 Ada Generation outperforms RTX 4000 Ada Generation by a moderate 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1229
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency20.8433.63
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameAD102AD104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date9 August 2023 (1 year 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 cores128006144
Core clock speed1155 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed2550 MHz2175 MHz
Number of transistors76,300 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate1,020417.6
Floating-point processing power65.28 TFLOPS26.73 TFLOPS
ROPs17680
TMUs400192
Tensor Cores400192
Ray Tracing Cores10048

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm245 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pin1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 GB20 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth576.0 GB/s360.0 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 1.4a4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.86.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 5000 Ada Generation 76.01
+19.2%
RTX 4000 Ada Generation 63.77

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.

RTX 5000 Ada Generation 29288
+19.2%
RTX 4000 Ada Generation 24572

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

RTX 5000 Ada Generation 132358
RTX 4000 Ada Generation 148137
+11.9%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

RTX 5000 Ada Generation 162637
+36.7%
RTX 4000 Ada Generation 119008

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 76.01 63.77
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 20 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 130 Watt

RTX 5000 Ada Generation has a 19.2% higher aggregate performance score, and a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has 92.3% lower power consumption.

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


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