NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation vs NVIDIA RTX A4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.

NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation

NVIDIA RTX A4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 735 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 20 GB vs 16 GB
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1101 vs 1026
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20215 vs 19545
Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 124062 vs 121768

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Mar 2023 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1565 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Texture fill rate	300.5 GTexel/s vs 299.5 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	20 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1101 vs 1026
PassMark - G3D Mark	20215 vs 19545
Geekbench - OpenCL	124062 vs 121768

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A4000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1101

1026

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

20215

19545

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

124062

121768

Name	NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation	NVIDIA RTX A4000
PassMark - G2D Mark	1101	1026
PassMark - G3D Mark	20215	19545
Geekbench - OpenCL	124062	121768
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		2604

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation	NVIDIA RTX A4000
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA104
Launch date	21 Mar 2023	12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating	36	108
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1565 MHz	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	6144	6144
Pixel fill rate	125.2 GPixel/s	149.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	300.5 GTexel/s	299.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	35800 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	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	168 mm, 6.6 inches	241 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Width	69 mm, 2.7 inches	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	20 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	280.0 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	160 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6