GeForce RTX 4090 D vs RTX A500 Mobile

Place in the ranking	311	2
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	17.26
Power efficiency	20.05	14.78
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GA107S	AD102
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	22 March 2022 (2 years ago)	28 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	2048	14592
Core clock speed	832 MHz	2280 MHz
Boost clock speed	1537 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)	425 Watt
Texture fill rate	98.37	1,149
Floating-point processing power	6.296 TFLOPS	73.54 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	176
TMUs	64	456
Tensor Cores	64	456
Ray Tracing Cores	16	114

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 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API 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	6.6	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. 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.

RTX A500 Mobile 17.56

RTX 4090 D 91.68
+422%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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.

RTX A500 Mobile 6766

RTX 4090 D 35333
+422%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	43 −412%	220−230 +412%
1440p	25 −420%	130−140 +420%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	7.27
1440p	no data	12.30

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

24−27
−400%

120−130

+400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −414%	180−190 +414%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%
Battlefield 5	50−55 −410%	260−270 +410%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −416%	160−170 +416%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −400%	120−130 +400%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −400%	180−190 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 −400%	210−220 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 −400%	500−550 +400%
Hitman 3	30−33 −400%	150−160 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 −413%	400−450 +413%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −409%	270−280 +409%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 −412%	220−230 +412%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −410%	260−270 +410%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 −400%	400−450 +400%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −414%	180−190 +414%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%
Battlefield 5	50−55 −410%	260−270 +410%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −416%	160−170 +416%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −400%	120−130 +400%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −400%	180−190 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 −400%	210−220 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 −400%	500−550 +400%
Hitman 3	30−33 −400%	150−160 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 −413%	400−450 +413%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −409%	270−280 +409%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 −412%	220−230 +412%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	62 −384%	300−310 +384%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 −414%	190−200 +414%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 −400%	400−450 +400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −414%	180−190 +414%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −420%	130−140 +420%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −416%	160−170 +416%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −400%	120−130 +400%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −400%	180−190 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 −400%	500−550 +400%
Hitman 3	30−33 −400%	150−160 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 −413%	400−450 +413%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	54 −419%	280−290 +419%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	29 −417%	150−160 +417%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 −400%	400−450 +400%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45
−412%

220−230

+412%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33 −400%	150−160 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −400%	120−130 +400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −400%	80−85 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −400%	65−70 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −400%	85−90 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −400%	90−95 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 −388%	400−450 +388%
Hitman 3	18−20 −400%	90−95 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −400%	160−170 +400%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −419%	140−150 +419%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	39 −413%	200−210 +413%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −400%	85−90 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 −374%	450−500 +374%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27
−420%

130−140

+420%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Hitman 3	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 −413%	400−450 +413%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −400%	40−45 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −376%	100−105 +376%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −400%	75−80 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−400%

70−75
+400%

This is how RTX A500 Mobile and RTX 4090 D compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 D is 412% faster in 1080p
RTX 4090 D is 420% faster in 1440p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	17.56	91.68
Recency	22 March 2022	28 December 2023
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	425 Watt

RTX A500 Mobile has 608.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 D, on the other hand, has a 422.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 D is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX A500 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that RTX A500 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 4090 D is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.