NVIDIA RTX A500 vs NVIDIA RTX A4500 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A500 and NVIDIA RTX A4500 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA RTX A500

NVIDIA RTX A4500 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A500

2.8x more core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 510 MHz
Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 80 Watt

Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 510 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 80 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4500 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 97% higher texture fill rate: 223.6 GTexel/s vs 113.3 GTexel/s
2.9x more pipelines: 5888 vs 2048
4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB

Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 10 Nov 2021
Texture fill rate	223.6 GTexel/s vs 113.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5888 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 4 GB

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A500	NVIDIA RTX A4500 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA107	GA104
Launch date	10 Nov 2021	22 Mar 2022
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	1215 MHz
Core clock speed	1440 MHz	510 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	113.3 GFLOPS (1:64)	447.1 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.250 TFLOPS (1:1)	14.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.250 TFLOPS	14.31 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	5888
Pixel fill rate	56.64 GPixel/s	116.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel/s	223.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count		17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6