RTX 4500 Ada Generation vs GeForce GTX 980

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 980 with RTX 4500 Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.

GTX 980
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 165 Watt
28.84

RTX 4500 Ada Generation outperforms GTX 980 by a whopping 152% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking20220
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation11.04no data
Power efficiency11.9923.77
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGM204AD103
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date19 September 2014 (10 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores20487680
Core clock speed1064 MHz2070 MHz
Boost clock speed1216 MHz2580 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt210 Watt
Texture fill rate155.6619.2
Floating-point processing power4.981 TFLOPS39.63 TFLOPS
ROPs6480
TMUs128240
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data60

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm245 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s432.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.24x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
BatteryBoost+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.9
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX 980 28.84
RTX 4500 Ada Generation 72.77
+152%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 980 11112
RTX 4500 Ada Generation 28038
+152%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 980 34835
RTX 4500 Ada Generation 196524
+464%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 980 40029
RTX 4500 Ada Generation 176517
+341%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD94
−145%
230−240
+145%
1440p51
−135%
120−130
+135%
4K39
−144%
95−100
+144%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.84no data
1440p10.76no data
4K14.08no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 75−80
−150%
190−200
+150%
Counter-Strike 2 55−60
−136%
130−140
+136%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
−150%
150−160
+150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 75−80
−150%
190−200
+150%
Battlefield 5 109
−148%
270−280
+148%
Counter-Strike 2 55−60
−136%
130−140
+136%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
−150%
150−160
+150%
Far Cry 5 80
−150%
200−210
+150%
Fortnite 242
−148%
600−650
+148%
Forza Horizon 4 90
−144%
220−230
+144%
Forza Horizon 5 75−80
−144%
190−200
+144%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 93
−147%
230−240
+147%
Valorant 170−180
−125%
400−450
+125%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 75−80
−150%
190−200
+150%
Battlefield 5 90
−144%
220−230
+144%
Counter-Strike 2 55−60
−136%
130−140
+136%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 260−270
−143%
650−700
+143%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
−150%
150−160
+150%
Dota 2 120−130
−134%
300−310
+134%
Far Cry 5 73
−147%
180−190
+147%
Fortnite 116
−150%
290−300
+150%
Forza Horizon 4 83
−141%
200−210
+141%
Forza Horizon 5 75−80
−144%
190−200
+144%
Grand Theft Auto V 72
−150%
180−190
+150%
Metro Exodus 60−65
−146%
150−160
+146%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 79
−141%
190−200
+141%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85
−147%
210−220
+147%
Valorant 170−180
−125%
400−450
+125%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 82
−144%
200−210
+144%
Counter-Strike 2 55−60
−136%
130−140
+136%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
−150%
150−160
+150%
Dota 2 120−130
−134%
300−310
+134%
Far Cry 5 69
−146%
170−180
+146%
Forza Horizon 4 59
−137%
140−150
+137%
Forza Horizon 5 75−80
−144%
190−200
+144%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 56
−150%
140−150
+150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 46
−139%
110−120
+139%
Valorant 170−180
−125%
400−450
+125%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 91
−142%
220−230
+142%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 24−27
−140%
60−65
+140%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 180−190
−139%
450−500
+139%
Grand Theft Auto V 50−55
−140%
120−130
+140%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−143%
90−95
+143%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
−129%
400−450
+129%
Valorant 210−220
−130%
500−550
+130%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 62
−142%
150−160
+142%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
−150%
70−75
+150%
Far Cry 5 48
−150%
120−130
+150%
Forza Horizon 4 48
−150%
120−130
+150%
Forza Horizon 5 45−50
−150%
120−130
+150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
−139%
110−120
+139%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 53
−145%
130−140
+145%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 21−24
−150%
55−60
+150%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−131%
30−33
+131%
Grand Theft Auto V 59
−137%
140−150
+137%
Metro Exodus 21−24
−139%
55−60
+139%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 29
−141%
70−75
+141%
Valorant 160−170
−150%
400−450
+150%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 32
−150%
80−85
+150%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
−131%
30−33
+131%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−150%
30−33
+150%
Dota 2 85−90
−144%
210−220
+144%
Far Cry 5 24
−150%
60−65
+150%
Forza Horizon 4 34
−150%
85−90
+150%
Forza Horizon 5 24−27
−150%
65−70
+150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20
−150%
50−55
+150%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 25
−140%
60−65
+140%

This is how GTX 980 and RTX 4500 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 145% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 135% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 144% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 28.84 72.77
Recency 19 September 2014 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 210 Watt

GTX 980 has 27.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4500 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 152.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 4500 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 980 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 is a desktop card while RTX 4500 Ada Generation is a workstation one.

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