RTX A4500 Max-Q vs FirePro A320
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Trinity GL | GA104 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 6 June 2012 (13 years ago) | 22 March 2022 (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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 5888 |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 510 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 955 MHz | 1215 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 80 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 22.92 | 223.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.7334 TFLOPS | 14.31 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 96 |
| TMUs | 24 | 184 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 184 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 46 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 5.8 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 4 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 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Width | IGP | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 448.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| 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 | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 June 2012 | 22 March 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 80 Watt |
RTX A4500 Max-Q has an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro A320 and RTX A4500 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro A320 is a workstation graphics card while RTX A4500 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.
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