RTX A4500 vs Quadro2 MXR
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 71 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 19.15 |
| Architecture | Celsius (1999−2005) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | NV11 B2 | GA102 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 25 July 2000 (26 years ago) | 23 November 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 7168 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 20 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 180 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 200 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.8 | 369.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 23.65 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 96 |
| TMUs | 4 | 224 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 224 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 56 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 7 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 6 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | AGP 4x | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | SDR | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | 20 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 320 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 183 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 2.928 GB/s | 640.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x VGA | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 7.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 1.2 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 July 2000 | 23 November 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | 20 GB |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 8 nm |
RTX A4500 has an age advantage of 21 years, a 63900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2150% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro2 MXR and RTX A4500. We've got no test results to judge.
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