NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation 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 4500 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 2580 MHz vs 2520 MHz
480x more texture fill rate: 619.2 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Launch date	9 Aug 2023 vs 20 Sep 2022
Boost clock speed	2580 MHz vs 2520 MHz
Texture fill rate	619.2 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 2070 MHz
2.1x more pipelines: 16384 vs 7680
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1295 vs 1113
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38579 vs 29978
Around 60% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317354 vs 197949

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 2070 MHz
Pipelines	16384 vs 7680
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1295 vs 1113
PassMark - G3D Mark	38579 vs 29978
Geekbench - OpenCL	317354 vs 197949

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1113

1295

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

29978

38579

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

197949

317354

Name	NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
PassMark - G2D Mark	1113	1295
PassMark - G3D Mark	29978	38579
Geekbench - OpenCL	197949	317354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		36466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		461.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		93.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		200.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4413.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD104	AD102
Launch date	9 Aug 2023	20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating	12	10
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2580 MHz	2520 MHz
Core clock speed	2070 MHz	2235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	7680	16384
Pixel fill rate	206.4 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	619.2 GTexel/s	1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	76300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		82.58 TFLOPS
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	245 mm, 9.6 inches	304 mm, 12 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	24 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X