NVIDIA RTX A5000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Description

This is a comprehensive analysis comparing the NVIDIA RTX A5000 on one side and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 on the other side.

The first video card was released on Apr 12th, 2021. This GPU is equipped with 24 GB of GDDR6 memory, with a bandwidth of 768.0 GB/s. The architecture of this card: base clock of 1170 MHz and a boost clock of 1695 MHz, TDP of this video card is 230 W.

The second video card was released on 2022 and comes with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory, with a bandwidth of 508.8 GB/s. This GPU also has a base clock of 2310 MHz and a boost clock of 2610 MHz, and it has a TDP of 285 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 RTX A5000:

  • Up to 33.75% higher bandwidth: 768.0 GB/s vs 508.8 GB/s.
  • More memory size (RAM): 24 GB vs 12 GB.
  • Passmark G3DMark is 15.1%: higher: 23460 vs 19918.
  • Passmark PassMark G2D is 23.11%: higher: 1043 vs 802.
  • Consumes less energy: 285 W vs 230 W.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070:

  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is newer: launch date is 2022.
  • Up to 97.44% higher base clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1170 MHz.
  • Up to 53.98% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1695 MHz.
  • Up to 44.36% higher in FLOPS: 40090 GFLOPS vs 27770 GFLOPS.

Technical specifications

NVIDIA RTX A5000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Graphics Processor
GPU Name: NVIDIA RTX A5000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GPU Variant: - AD104
Processor: Ampere Ada Lovelace
Foundry: Samsung TSMC
Technology: 8 nm 4 nm
Transistors: 28300 million 35800 million
Die Size: 628 mm² 295 mm²
General information
Release Date: Apr 12th, 2021 2022
Availability: - 2022
Generation: Quadro (Ax000) GeForce 40
Predecessor: - GeForce 30
Successor: - -
Production: Active Unreleased
Launch Price: - -
Current Price: - -
Bus Interface: PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Reviews: - -
Clock Speeds
Base Clock Speed: 1170 MHz 2310 MHz
Boost Clock Speed: 1695 MHz 2610 MHz
SOC clock: - -
UVD clock: - -
Memory Clock: 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective 1325 MHz 21.2 Gbps effective
Memory specs
RAM: 24 GB 12 GB
Type of memory: GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Bus: 384 bit 192 bit
Memory Bandwidth: 768.0 GB/s 508.8 GB/s
Render Config
Shading Units: 8192 7680
TMUs: 256 240
ROPs: 96 80
Compute units: - -
Tensor Cores: - -
RT Cores: 64 60
L0 Cache: - -
L1 Cache: 128 KB (per SM) 128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache: 6 MB 48 MB
L3 Cache: - -
Board specs
Slot Width: Dual-slot Dual-slot
Length: 267 mm 10.5 inches 336 mm 13.2 inches
Width: 112 mm 4.4 inches 140 mm 5.5 inches
Height: - 61 mm 2.4 inches
TDP: 230 W 285 W
Suggested PSU: 550 W 600 W
Outputs: 4x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors: 1x 8-pin 1x 12-pin
Part Number: - -
Board Number: - PG141 SKU 331
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 RTX A5000
162.7 GPixel/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
208.8 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate:
NVIDIA RTX A5000
433.9 GTexel/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
626.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half):
NVIDIA RTX A5000
27770 GFLOPS (1:1)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
40090 GFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float):
NVIDIA RTX A5000
27770 GFLOPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
40090 GFLOPS
FP64 (double):
NVIDIA RTX A5000
867.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
626.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Unified Shaders:
NVIDIA RTX A5000
No data
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
7680
Texture Mapping Units:
NVIDIA RTX A5000
No data
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
240
Render Output Units:
NVIDIA RTX A5000
No data
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
80

Benchmarks Performance Tests

Passmark (G3D):
NVIDIA RTX A5000
23460
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
19918
PassMark (G2D):
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1043
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
802
3DMark (Fire Strike):
NVIDIA RTX A5000
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
12107

Gaming performance benchmarks comparison

Game
Frames per second (avg)
Cyberpunk 2077
NVIDIA RTX A5000
No data
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
110.23
Hogwarts Legacy
NVIDIA RTX A5000
No data
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
107.35
CoD: Modern Warfare 2
NVIDIA RTX A5000
No data
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
94.67
The Witcher
NVIDIA RTX A5000
No data
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
284.85

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