Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce RTX 4090
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 5 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 29.65 | no data |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | AD102 | GN21-X2 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) | 27 February 2024 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,599 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 16384 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 2235 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2520 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 76,300 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 450 Watt | 115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP) |
| Texture fill rate | 1,290 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 82.58 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 176 | no data |
| TMUs | 512 | no data |
| Tensor Cores | 512 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 128 | no data |
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).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | 304 mm | no data |
| Width | 3-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1313 MHz | 16000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 1.01 TB/s | no data |
| 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 Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| CUDA | 8.9 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 September 2022 | 27 February 2024 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 6 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 450 Watt | 115 Watt |
RTX 4090 has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 291.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 4090 is a desktop card while RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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