RTX 4500 Ada Generation vs ATI Radeon VE AGP

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 data25.67
ArchitectureRage 6 (2000−2007)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameRage 6AD103
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date19 February 2001 (23 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 coresno data7680
Core clock speed183 MHz2070 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2580 MHz
Number of transistors30 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology180 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt210 Watt
Texture fill rate0.55619.2
Floating-point processing powerno data39.63 TFLOPS
ROPs180
TMUs3240
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data60

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data245 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 MB24 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed183 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth2.928 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX7.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 February 2001 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 24 GB
Chip lithography 180 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 210 Watt

ATI VE AGP has 813% lower power consumption.

RTX 4500 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 22 years, a 76700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon VE AGP and RTX 4500 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon VE AGP is a desktop card while RTX 4500 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


ATI Radeon VE AGP
Radeon VE AGP
NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation
RTX 4500 Ada Generation

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


No user ratings yet.

Rate Radeon VE AGP on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.7 18 votes

Rate RTX 4500 Ada Generation on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.