RTX 4500 Ada Generation vs Tesla K40d

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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 data25.44
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGK110BAD103
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date22 November 2013 (10 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,699 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 cores28807680
Core clock speed745 MHz2070 MHz
Boost clock speed876 MHz2580 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)245 Watt210 Watt
Texture fill rate210.2619.2
Floating-point processing power5.046 TFLOPS39.63 TFLOPS
ROPs4880
TMUs240240
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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm245 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB24 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.58.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 November 2013 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 245 Watt 210 Watt

RTX 4500 Ada Generation has an age advantage of 9 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 16.7% lower power consumption.

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