GeForce RTX 4070 AD103 vs Tesla M4

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGM206AD103
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date10 November 2015 (9 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 cores10245888
Core clock speed872 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speed1072 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate68.61455.4
Floating-point processing power2.195 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs64184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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
Lengthno data240 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth88 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA5.28.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 200 Watt

Tesla M4 has 300% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 AD103, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla M4 and GeForce RTX 4070 AD103. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla M4 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4070 AD103 is a desktop one.


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