NVIDIA RTX A4500 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A4500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile 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 GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4500

Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 20 GB vs 16 GB
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1051 vs 982

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	20 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1051 vs 982

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1335 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 515.3 GTexel/s vs 369.6 GTexel/s
Around 36% higher pipelines: 9728 vs 7168
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 27374 vs 21280
Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 180351 vs 142326
Around 54% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4911 vs 3196

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 23 Nov 2021
Core clock speed	1335 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate	515.3 GTexel/s vs 369.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9728 vs 7168
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	27374 vs 21280
Geekbench - OpenCL	180351 vs 142326
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4911 vs 3196

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1051

982

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

21280

27374

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

142326

180351

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3196

4911

Name	NVIDIA RTX A4500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	1051	982
PassMark - G3D Mark	21280	27374
Geekbench - OpenCL	142326	180351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3196	4911

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A4500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA102	AD103
Launch date	23 Nov 2021	2023
Place in performance rating	55	39
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	1335 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	739.2 GFLOPS (1:32)	515.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	23.65 TFLOPS (1:1)	32.98 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	23.65 TFLOPS	32.98 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7168	9728
Pixel fill rate	158.4 GPixel/s	189.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	369.6 GTexel/s	515.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	45900 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Width	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	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	640.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	320 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6