Radeon AI PRO R9700 vs RTX 5000 Ada Generation
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 16 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 21.43 | no data |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | RDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | AD102 | Navi 48 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 9 August 2023 (1 year ago) | July 2025 |
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 | 12800 | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 1155 MHz | 1660 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2550 MHz | 2920 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 76,300 million | 53,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1,020 | 747.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | 65.28 TFLOPS | 47.84 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 176 | 128 |
| TMUs | 400 | 256 |
| Tensor Cores | 400 | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 100 | 64 |
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 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | 1x 16-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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | 2518 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 576.0 GB/s | 644.6 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
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 | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a | 4x DisplayPort 2.1a |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | - |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 300 Watt |
RTX 5000 Ada Generation has 20% lower power consumption.
AI PRO R9700, on the other hand, has a 25% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between RTX 5000 Ada Generation and Radeon AI PRO R9700. We've got no test results to judge.
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