GeForce GTX 285 X2 vs RTX A4500
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 69 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 19.40 | no data |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | GA102 | GT200B |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 November 2021 (4 years ago) | 17 June 2009 (16 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 | 7168 | 240 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 1050 MHz | 648 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1650 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 28,300 million | 1,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 315 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 369.6 | 51.84 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 23.65 TFLOPS | 0.7085 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 96 | 32 ×2 |
| TMUs | 224 | 80 ×2 |
| Tensor Cores | 224 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 56 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 7 MB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 6 MB | 256 KB |
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 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 275 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 8-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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 20 GB | 2 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | 512 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 1152 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 640.0 GB/s | 147.5 GB/s ×2 |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 1.3 |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 November 2021 | 17 June 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 20 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 315 Watt |
RTX A4500 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 587.5% more advanced lithography process, and 57.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between RTX A4500 and GeForce GTX 285 X2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that RTX A4500 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 285 X2 is a desktop one.
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