RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs RTX A5000-12Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated29
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data33.62
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA102AD104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date12 April 2021 (3 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 cores81926144
Core clock speed1170 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1695 MHz2175 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate433.9417.6
Floating-point processing power27.77 TFLOPS26.73 TFLOPS
ROPs9680
TMUs256192
Tensor Cores256192
Ray Tracing Cores6448

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 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB20 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth768.0 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 Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2021 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 130 Watt

RTX 4000 Ada Generation has an age advantage of 2 years, a 66.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 76.9% lower power consumption.

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