N1 16SM vs RTX 4500 Ada Generation

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking24not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency24.80no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026)
GPU code nameAD103GB20B
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date9 August 2023 (3 years ago)1 June 2026 (less than a year 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 cores76802048
Core clock speed2070 MHz741 MHz
Boost clock speed2580 MHz2346 MHz
Number of transistors45,900 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)210 Wattno data
Texture fill rate619.2300.3
Floating-point processing power39.63 TFLOPS9.609 TFLOPS
ROPs8024
TMUs240128
Tensor Cores24064
Ray Tracing Cores6016
L1 Cache7.5 MB2 MB
L2 Cache48 MB50 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length245 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount24 GB128 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz1067 MHz
Memory bandwidth432.0 GB/s273.2 GB/s
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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 Connectors4x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.8N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.912.1
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 August 2023 1 June 2026
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 128 GB

N1 16SM has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 433% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between RTX 4500 Ada Generation and N1 16SM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX 4500 Ada Generation is a workstation graphics card while N1 16SM is a notebook one.

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