GeForce RTX 4050 vs A100 PCIe

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated123
Place by popularitynot in top-10045
Power efficiencyno data25.71
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA100AD107
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date22 June 2020 (4 years ago)2023 (1 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores69122560
Core clock speed1410 MHz2505 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2640 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate609.1211.2
Floating-point processing power19.49 TFLOPS13.52 TFLOPS
ROPs16032
TMUs43280
Tensor Cores432120
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 12-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 typeHBM2eGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount40 GB6 GB
Memory bus width5120 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1215 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth1,555 GB/s216.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.08.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 40 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 100 Watt

A100 PCIe has a 566.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4050, on the other hand, has a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A100 PCIe and GeForce RTX 4050. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A100 PCIe is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4050 is a desktop one.


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