RTX A4500 Mobile vs Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile

Place in the ranking	134	78
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	22.47	22.13
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	TU104	GA104
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)	22 March 2022 (2 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	3072	5888
Core clock speed	1035 MHz	930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	140 Watt
Texture fill rate	296.6	276.0
Floating-point processing power	9.492 TFLOPS	17.66 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	96
TMUs	192	184
Tensor Cores	384	184
Ray Tracing Cores	48	46

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	large	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16

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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	512.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	7.5	8.6

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 HD	133 −20.3%	160−170 +20.3%
1440p	79 −20.3%	95−100 +20.3%
4K	54 −20.4%	65−70 +20.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

65−70
+3250%

2−3

−3250%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	104 +3367%	3−4 −3367%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 −21.2%	80−85 +21.2%
Battlefield 5	120−130 −21%	150−160 +21%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	125 +6150%	2−3 −6150%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +3250%	2−3 −3250%
Far Cry 5	80−85 −20.5%	100−105 +20.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 −15.8%	110−120 +15.8%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 −21.7%	230−240 +21.7%
Hitman 3	80−85 +1950%	4−5 −1950%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +1913%	8−9 −1913%
Metro Exodus	144 −25%	180−190 +25%
Red Dead Redemption 2	113 −23.9%	140−150 +23.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 +3400%	4−5 −3400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +357%	27−30 −357%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 +2633%	3−4 −2633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 −21.2%	80−85 +21.2%
Battlefield 5	120−130 −21%	150−160 +21%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	118 +5800%	2−3 −5800%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +3250%	2−3 −3250%
Far Cry 5	80−85 −20.5%	100−105 +20.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 −15.8%	110−120 +15.8%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 −21.7%	230−240 +21.7%
Hitman 3	80−85 +1950%	4−5 −1950%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +1913%	8−9 −1913%
Metro Exodus	144 −25%	180−190 +25%
Red Dead Redemption 2	99 −21.2%	120−130 +21.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 +3400%	4−5 −3400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85 +789%	9−10 −789%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +357%	27−30 −357%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	73 +2333%	3−4 −2333%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 −21.2%	80−85 +21.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	88 +4300%	2−3 −4300%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +3250%	2−3 −3250%
Far Cry 5	80−85 −20.5%	100−105 +20.5%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 −21.7%	230−240 +21.7%
Hitman 3	80−85 +1950%	4−5 −1950%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +1913%	8−9 −1913%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 +3400%	4−5 −3400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	100 +1011%	9−10 −1011%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +357%	27−30 −357%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

108

−20.4%

130−140
+20.4%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 −21.6%	90−95 +21.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 −18.6%	70−75 +18.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	63 −19%	75−80 +19%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 −19%	50−55 +19%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	66 −21.2%	80−85 +21.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33	0−1
Far Cry 5	40−45 −25%	55−60 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −24.4%	270−280 +24.4%
Hitman 3	50−55 +733%	6−7 −733%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +4050%	2−3 −4050%
Metro Exodus	70−75 −25%	90−95 +25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	90−95 −18.3%	110−120 +18.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 −18.2%	65−70 +18.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	190−200 −21.1%	230−240 +21.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

90
+4400%

2−3

−4400%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −18.4%	45−50 +18.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −25%	40−45 +25%
Hitman 3	30−35 −12.9%	35−40 +12.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	170−180 −22.9%	220−230 +22.9%
Metro Exodus	76 −25%	95−100 +25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	71 −19.7%	85−90 +19.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40 +3900%	1−2 −3900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	38 −18.4%	45−50 +18.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −23.1%	16−18 +23.1%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −22.7%	27−30 +22.7%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −22.6%	65−70 +22.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −25%	65−70 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −10.5%	21−24 +10.5%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50
+2400%

2−3

−2400%

This is how RTX 5000 Mobile and RTX A4500 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX A4500 Mobile is 20% faster in 1080p
RTX A4500 Mobile is 20% faster in 1440p
RTX A4500 Mobile is 20% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 5000 Mobile is 6150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 5000 Mobile surpassed RTX A4500 Mobile in all 29 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	36.05	45.20
Recency	27 May 2019	22 March 2022
Chip lithography	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	140 Watt

RTX 5000 Mobile has 27.3% lower power consumption.

RTX A4500 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 25.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

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

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