NVIDIA RTX A4500 vs NVIDIA A40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A4500 and NVIDIA A40 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX A4500

NVIDIA A40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1057 vs 627
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 21499 vs 14665

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 Nov 2021 vs 5 Oct 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1057 vs 627
PassMark - G3D Mark	21499 vs 14665

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1305 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 58% higher texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 369.6 GTexel/s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 7168
2.4x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 20 GB
Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193736 vs 142062

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1305 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 369.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 7168
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 20 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	193736 vs 142062

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A4500
GPU 2: NVIDIA A40

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1057

627

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

21499

14665

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

142062

193736

Name	NVIDIA RTX A4500	NVIDIA A40
PassMark - G2D Mark	1057	627
PassMark - G3D Mark	21499	14665
Geekbench - OpenCL	142062	193736
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3203

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A4500	NVIDIA A40
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA102
Launch date	23 Nov 2021	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	51	53
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	1305 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	739.2 GFLOPS (1:32)	1169 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	23.65 TFLOPS (1:1)	37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	23.65 TFLOPS	37.42 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7168	10752
Pixel fill rate	158.4 GPixel/s	194.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	369.6 GTexel/s	584.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	8-pin EPS
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	20 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	640.0 GB/s	695.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	320 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6