NVIDIA RTX A4500 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A4500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA RTX A4500

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4500

286.5x more texture fill rate: 369.6 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Texture fill rate	369.6 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 53% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1650 MHz
2.3x more pipelines: 16384 vs 7168
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 20 GB
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1297 vs 1051
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38287 vs 21280
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317791 vs 142326
2.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9223 vs 3196

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 23 Nov 2021
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Pipelines	16384 vs 7168
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 20 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297 vs 1051
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287 vs 21280
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791 vs 142326
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9223 vs 3196

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A4500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1051

1297

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

21280

38287

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

142326

317791

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3196

9223

Name	NVIDIA RTX A4500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
PassMark - G2D Mark	1051	1297
PassMark - G3D Mark	21280	38287
Geekbench - OpenCL	142326	317791
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3196	9223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		582.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		98.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		178.756
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2968.159
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A4500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA102	AD102
Launch date	23 Nov 2021	20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating	55	13
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	2520 MHz
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	2235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	739.2 GFLOPS (1:32)	1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	23.65 TFLOPS (1:1)	82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	23.65 TFLOPS	82.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7168	16384
Pixel fill rate	158.4 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	369.6 GTexel/s	1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	76300 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	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	304 mm, 12 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	137 mm, 5.4 inches
Height		61 mm, 2.4 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	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	640.0 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Memory bus width	320 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X