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NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA RTX A5000

WINNER
52.4Inno Score
VS
52.3Inno Score
38.8Rasterization39.1
34.2Ray Tracing36.2
57.1Memoryspec-based71.2
97.5Efficiencyspec-based79.1
58.3Compute58.8
3 spec wins — NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation8 spec wins — NVIDIA RTX A5000

InnoReviews verdict

This one is close to a dead heat: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation scores 52.4 against 52.3 for NVIDIA RTX A5000. Pick by the categories that matter to you, or by price.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation

  • 43% lower TDP: 130 W vs 230 W

Reasons to pick the NVIDIA RTX A5000

  • 140% higher Bus width: 384 bit vs 160 bit
  • 113% higher bandwidth: 768 GB/s vs 360 GB/s
  • 33% higher Shading units: 8,192 vs 6,144
  • 33% higher RT cores: 64 vs 48
  • 33% higher Tensor / AI cores: 256 vs 192

General

General comparison: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A5000
SpecNVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A5000
Announced20232021
ArchitectureAda LovelaceAmpere
Process—8 nm
TDP130 W+43%230 W
Power connector—1x 8-pin

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A5000
SpecNVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A5000
Shading units6,1448,192+33%
RT cores4864+33%
Tensor / AI cores192256+33%
Base clock—1,170 MHz
Boost clock—1,695 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A5000
SpecNVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A5000
VRAM20 GB24 GB+20%
VRAM typeGDDR6GDDR6
Bus width160 bit384 bit+140%
Bandwidth360 GB/s768 GB/s+113%

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A5000
SpecNVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A5000
3DMark Time Spy14,434Top 38%14,648+1%Top 36%
3DMark Speed Way3,668Top 44%4,029+10%Top 40%
PassMark G3D23,635+3%Top 28%22,842Top 30%

Features

Features comparison: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A5000
SpecNVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A5000
UpscalingDLSS 3DLSS

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