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NVIDIA RTX A4000: specs and benchmarks
- Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory 16 GB
- Memory type GDDR6
- Memory clock speed 14 Gbps
- Maximum resolution
Summary
NVIDIA started RTX A4000 sales 12 April 2021. This is high-end Ampere architecture desktop card based on 8 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 16 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 GB/s are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 241 mm. 1x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 140 Watt.
It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.
General info
Of RTX A4000's architecture, market segment and release date.
Place in performance rating | 29 | |
Value for money | 5.78 | |
Architecture | Ampere (2020−2022) | |
GPU code name | GA104 | |
Market segment | Workstation | |
Release date | 12 April 2021 (1 year ago) | |
Price now | $3032 | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Technical specs
RTX A4000's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of RTX A4000's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 6144 | of 18432 (AD102) |
Boost clock speed | 1560 MHz | of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600) |
Number of transistors | 17,400 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
Thermal design power (TDP) | 140 Watt | of 900 (Tesla S2050) |
Texture fill rate | 299.5 | of 939.8 (H100 SXM5) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on RTX A4000's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
Length | 241 mm | |
Width | 1-slot | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on RTX A4000: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory type | GDDR6 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 14 GB/s | of 19500 (GeForce RTX 3090) |
Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on RTX A4000. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.
Display Connectors | 4x DisplayPort |
API support
APIs supported by RTX A4000, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
Shader Model | 6.6 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
OpenCL | 3.0 | |
Vulkan | 1.2 | |
CUDA | 8.6 |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance of RTX A4000. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.
- Passmark
- GeekBench 5 CUDA
- GeekBench 5 OpenCL
- GeekBench 5 Vulkan
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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.
GeekBench 5 CUDA
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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.
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.
GeekBench 5 Vulkan
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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good RTX A4000 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall RTX A4000 performance compared to nearest competitors among server video cards.
AMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to RTX A4000 from AMD is Radeon Pro W6800, which is slower by 1% and lower by 2 positions in our rating.
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Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with RTX A4000 according to our statistics.