NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA RTX A4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA RTX A4000 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 90% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1560 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Launch date 21 Mar 2023 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed 1395 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1695 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 140 Watt
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4000

  • Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 299.5 GTexel/s vs 244.1 GTexel/s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 4608
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 121357 vs 96207
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1007 vs 562
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19457 vs 15916
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 299.5 GTexel/s vs 244.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines 6144 vs 4608
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 121357 vs 96207
PassMark - G2D Mark 1007 vs 562
PassMark - G3D Mark 19457 vs 15916

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A4000

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
96207
121357
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
562
1007
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15916
19457
Name NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation NVIDIA RTX A4000
Geekbench - OpenCL 96207 121357
PassMark - G2D Mark 562 1007
PassMark - G3D Mark 15916 19457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 420.465
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4156.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 32.297
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 162.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1895.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10991

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation NVIDIA RTX A4000

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD106 GA104
Launch date 21 Mar 2023 12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating 100 103

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1695 MHz 1560 MHz
Core clock speed 1395 MHz 735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 8 nm
Pipelines 4608 6144
Pixel fill rate 81.36 GPixel/s 149.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 244.1 GTexel/s 299.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 140 Watt
Transistor count 22900 million 17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 599.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 19.17 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 19.17 TFLOPS

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 4x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP Single-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 241 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
Width 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 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 256.0 GB/s 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6