RTX A4000 vs Quadro NVS 285

Place in the ranking	1444	56
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.42	24.72
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	NV44 A2	GA104
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	6 June 2006 (18 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$27.99	no data

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	no data	6144
Core clock speed	275 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1560 MHz
Number of transistors	75 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	140 Watt
Texture fill rate	1.100	299.5
Floating-point processing power	no data	19.17 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	96
TMUs	4	192
Tensor Cores	no data	192
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	48

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 1.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	168 mm	241 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-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 type	DDR	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	250 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	8 GB/s	448.0 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 Connectors

1x DMS-59

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	3.0	6.7
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

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.

NVS 285 0.11

RTX A4000 50.49
+45800%

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.

NVS 285 42

RTX A4000 19463
+46240%

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	0.11	50.49
Recency	6 June 2006	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	16 GB
Chip lithography	110 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	140 Watt

NVS 285 has 677.8% lower power consumption.

RTX A4000, on the other hand, has a 45800% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1275% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 285 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.