NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA RTX A4500

Description

This is a comprehensive analysis comparing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 on one side and NVIDIA RTX A4500 on the other side.

The first video card was released on Oct 12th, 2022. This GPU is equipped with 24 GB of GDDR6X memory, with a bandwidth of 1018 GB/s. The architecture of this card: base clock of 2235 MHz and a boost clock of 2520 MHz, TDP of this video card is 450 W.

The second video card was released on Nov 23rd, 2021 and comes with 20 GB of GDDR6 memory, with a bandwidth of 640.0 GB/s. This GPU also has a base clock of 1050 MHz and a boost clock of 1650 MHz, and it has a TDP of 200 W.

This table also comprises board specifications, pixel and texture filtration, launch price, and benchmarks such as G3DMark, PassMark G2D, 3DMark Firestrike, FPS, and Hashrate.

Key Differences

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090:

  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is newer: launch date is Oct 12th, 2022.
  • Up to 53.02% higher base clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 1050 MHz.
  • Up to 34.52% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1650 MHz.
  • More memory size (RAM): 24 GB vs 20 GB.
  • Passmark G3DMark is 47.42%: higher: 39627 vs 20835.
  • Passmark PassMark G2D is 22.34%: higher: 1325 vs 1029.
  • Up to 71.36% higher in FLOPS: 82580 GFLOPS vs 23650 GFLOPS.

Advantages of NVIDIA RTX A4500:

  • Up to 528.68% higher bandwidth: 640.0 GB/s vs 1018 GB/s.
  • Consumes less energy: 200 W vs 450 W.

Technical specifications

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 NVIDIA RTX A4500
Graphics Processor
GPU Name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 NVIDIA RTX A4500
GPU Variant: AD102-300-A1 -
Processor: Ada Lovelace Ampere
Foundry: TSMC Samsung
Technology: 4 nm 8 nm
Transistors: 76300 million 28300 million
Die Size: 608 mm² 628 mm²
General information
Release Date: Oct 12th, 2022 Nov 23rd, 2021
Availability: Oct 12th, 2022 -
Generation: GeForce 40 Quadro (Ax000)
Predecessor: GeForce 30 -
Successor: - -
Production: Unreleased Active
Launch Price: 1,599 USD -
Current Price: - -
Bus Interface: PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Reviews: - -
Clock Speeds
Base Clock Speed: 2235 MHz 1050 MHz
Boost Clock Speed: 2520 MHz 1650 MHz
SOC clock: - -
UVD clock: - -
Memory Clock: 1325 MHz 21.2 Gbps effective 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective
Memory specs
RAM: 24 GB 20 GB
Type of memory: GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Bus: 384 bit 320 bit
Memory Bandwidth: 1018 GB/s 640.0 GB/s
Render Config
Shading Units: 16384 7168
TMUs: 512 224
ROPs: 192 96
Compute units: - -
Tensor Cores: - -
RT Cores: 128 56
L0 Cache: - -
L1 Cache: 128 KB (per SM) 128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache: 96 MB 6 MB
L3 Cache: - -
Board specs
Slot Width: Triple-slot Dual-slot
Length: 336 mm 13.2 inches 267 mm 10.5 inches
Width: 140 mm 5.5 inches 112 mm 4.4 inches
Height: 61 mm 2.4 inches -
TDP: 450 W 200 W
Suggested PSU: 850 W 550 W
Outputs: 1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a 4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors: 1x 16-pin 1x 8-pin
Part Number: - -
Board Number: PG139 SKU 330 -
Technology Support
DirectX: 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL: 4.6 4.6
OpenCL: - -
Vulkan: - -
CUDA: - -
Shader Model: - -

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Fillrate:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
483.8 GPixel/s
NVIDIA RTX A4500
158.4 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
1290 GTexel/s
NVIDIA RTX A4500
369.6 GTexel/s
FP16 (half):
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
82580 GFLOPS (1:1)
NVIDIA RTX A4500
23650 GFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float):
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
82580 GFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX A4500
23650 GFLOPS
FP64 (double):
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
1290 GFLOPS (1:64)
NVIDIA RTX A4500
739.2 GFLOPS (1:32)

Benchmarks Performance Tests

Passmark (G3D):
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
39627
NVIDIA RTX A4500
20835
PassMark (G2D):
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
1325
NVIDIA RTX A4500
1029
3DMark (Fire Strike):
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
36098
NVIDIA RTX A4500

Gaming performance benchmarks comparison

Game
Frames per second (avg)
Cyberpunk 2077
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
185.42
NVIDIA RTX A4500
No data
Hogwarts Legacy
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
138.45
NVIDIA RTX A4500
No data
CoD: Modern Warfare 2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
234.83
NVIDIA RTX A4500
No data
The Witcher
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
516.48
NVIDIA RTX A4500
No data

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