GeForce RTX 4070 AD103 vs RTX A4500

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking45not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency19.21no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA102AD103
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date23 November 2021 (3 years ago)March 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

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 cores71685888
Core clock speed1050 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speed1650 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate369.6455.4
Floating-point processing power23.65 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs9664
TMUs224184
Tensor Cores224184
Ray Tracing Cores5646

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 mm240 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount20 GB12 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth640.0 GB/s504.2 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 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 20 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm

RTX A4500 has a 66.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4070 AD103, on the other hand, has a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between RTX A4500 and GeForce RTX 4070 AD103. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A4500 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4070 AD103 is a desktop one.


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