3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI 32 MB vs RTX A4000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking56not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency25.07no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Voodoo Scalable (2000)
GPU code nameGA104VSA-101
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores6144no data
Core clock speed735 MHz166 MHz
Boost clock speed1560 MHzno data
Number of transistors17,400 million14 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate299.50.33
Floating-point processing power19.17 TFLOPSno data
ROPs962
TMUs1922
Tensor Cores192no data
Ray Tracing Cores48no data

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 4.0 x16AGP 4x
Length241 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6DDR
Maximum RAM amount16 GB32 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s2.656 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort 1.4a1x DVI, 1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)6.0
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.61.1
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 8 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 15 Watt

RTX A4000 has a 51100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2150% more advanced lithography process.

3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI 32 MB, on the other hand, has 833.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between RTX A4000 and 3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI 32 MB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A4000 is a workstation graphics card while 3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI 32 MB is a desktop one.


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