RTX 5880 Ada Generation vs RTX A4500

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking37not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.21no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameGA102AD102
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date23 November 2021 (2 years ago)5 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Current price$2591 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores716814080
Boost clock speed1650 MHz2460 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt285 Watt
Texture fill rate369.61,082

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount20 GB48 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed16 GB/s18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth640.0 GB/s864.0 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 1.4a4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 November 2021 5 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount 20 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 285 Watt

We couldn't decide between RTX A4500 and RTX 5880 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A4500 is a workstation graphics card while RTX 5880 Ada Generation is a desktop one.


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