NVIDIA RTX A4000 vs AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A4000 and AMD Radeon Pro SSG 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • 779.9x more texture fill rate: 299.5 GTexel/s vs 384.0 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 4096
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19423 vs 10972
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 994 vs 588
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 420.465 vs 170.923
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4156.52 vs 3178.443
  • Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 32.297 vs 16.732
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1895.111 vs 1231.051
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22050 vs 11029
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22050 vs 11029
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 vs 8 August 2017
Boost clock speed 1560 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Texture fill rate 299.5 GTexel/s vs 384.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines 6144 vs 4096
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19423 vs 10972
PassMark - G2D Mark 994 vs 588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 420.465 vs 170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4156.52 vs 3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 32.297 vs 16.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1895.111 vs 1231.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22050 vs 11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22050 vs 11029

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro SSG

  • Around 96% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 173.59 vs 162.131
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7766 vs 3715
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7766 vs 3715
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1440 MHz vs 735 MHz
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 173.59 vs 162.131
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7766 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7766 vs 3715

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A4000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro SSG

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19423
10972
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
994
588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
420.465
170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4156.52
3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
32.297
16.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.131
173.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1895.111
1231.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22050
11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
7766
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22050
11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
7766
Name NVIDIA RTX A4000 AMD Radeon Pro SSG
PassMark - G3D Mark 19423 10972
PassMark - G2D Mark 994 588
Geekbench - OpenCL 122445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 420.465 170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4156.52 3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 32.297 16.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 162.131 173.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1895.111 1231.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22050 11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 7766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22050 11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 7766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11181

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A4000 AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Essentials

Architecture Ampere GCN 5.0
Code name GA104 Vega 10
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 8 August 2017
Place in performance rating 105 158
Launch price (MSRP) $6,999
Type Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1560 MHz 1500 MHz
Core clock speed 735 MHz 1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 14 nm
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
Pipelines 6144 4096
Pixel fill rate 149.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 299.5 GTexel/s 384.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 12,288 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 6x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Single-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm (9.5 inches) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2