NVIDIA RTX A4500 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A4500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA RTX A4500

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 369.6 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Around 22% higher pipelines: 7168 vs 5888
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 220 Watt
2.5x more maximum memory size: 20 GB vs 8 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1058 vs 996
Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 142308 vs 123347

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 Nov 2021 vs 1 Sep 2020
Texture fill rate	369.6 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7168 vs 5888
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 220 Watt
Maximum memory size	20 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1058 vs 996
Geekbench - OpenCL	142308 vs 123347

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1725 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22331 vs 21559
Around 7% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 13659 vs 12768

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed	1725 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	22331 vs 21559
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	13659 vs 12768

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A4500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1058

996

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

21559

22331

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

142308

123347

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

12768

13659

Name	NVIDIA RTX A4500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark - G2D Mark	1058	996
PassMark - G3D Mark	21559	22331
Geekbench - OpenCL	142308	123347
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	12768	13659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		453.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		40.757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		182.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1664.554
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		31930

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A4500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA104
Launch date	23 Nov 2021	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	42	45
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1725 MHz
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	739.2 GFLOPS (1:32)	317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	23.65 TFLOPS (1:1)	20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	23.65 TFLOPS	20.31 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7168	5888
Pixel fill rate	158.4 GPixel/s	165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	369.6 GTexel/s	317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	220 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Height		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	20 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	640.0 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	320 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6