RTX A4500 vs Quadro 5000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro 5000 and RTX A4500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro 5000
2011
2.5 GB GDDR5, 152 Watt
5.01

RTX A4500 outperforms 5000 by a whopping 1020% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking62645
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.13no data
Power efficiency2.2819.39
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF100GA102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date23 February 2011 (13 years ago)23 November 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3527168
Core clock speed513 MHz1050 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1650 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)152 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate22.57369.6
Floating-point processing power0.7223 TFLOPS23.65 TFLOPS
ROPs4096
TMUs44224
Tensor Coresno data224
Ray Tracing Coresno data56

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 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length248 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2.5 GB20 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed750 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth120.0 GB/s640.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.08.6

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro 5000 5.01
RTX A4500 56.09
+1020%

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.

Quadro 5000 1933
RTX A4500 21642
+1020%

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.

Quadro 5000 7358
RTX A4500 142563
+1838%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.01 56.09
Recency 23 February 2011 23 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2.5 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 152 Watt 200 Watt

Quadro 5000 has 31.6% lower power consumption.

RTX A4500, on the other hand, has a 1019.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A4500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 5000 in performance tests.


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