GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs RTX A500 Mobile

Place in the ranking	311	18
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	20.06	41.15
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GA107S	AD103
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	22 March 2022 (2 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year 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	2048	9728
Core clock speed	832 MHz	1335 MHz
Boost clock speed	1537 MHz	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	98.37	515.3
Floating-point processing power	6.296 TFLOPS	32.98 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	112
TMUs	64	304
Tensor Cores	64	304
Ray Tracing Cores	16	76

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	576.0 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

Portable Device Dependent

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 Mobile 72.03
+310%

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 6768

RTX 4090 Mobile 27767
+310%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX A500 Mobile 10818

RTX 4090 Mobile 64746
+499%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX A500 Mobile 40923

RTX 4090 Mobile 113387
+177%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX A500 Mobile 7598

RTX 4090 Mobile 46191
+508%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX A500 Mobile 48496

RTX 4090 Mobile 143162
+195%

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX A500 Mobile 2995

RTX 4090 Mobile 21251
+610%

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 −314%	178 +314%
1440p	25 −436%	134 +436%
4K	18−20 −356%	82 +356%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

24−27

−550%

156
+550%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −226%	110−120 +226%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −280%	95−100 +280%
Battlefield 5	50−55 −241%	170−180 +241%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −239%	100−110 +239%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −492%	142 +492%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −194%	100−110 +194%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 −214%	130−140 +214%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 −120%	220−230 +120%
Hitman 3	30−33 −460%	168 +460%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 −169%	210−220 +169%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −185%	150−160 +185%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 −158%	110−120 +158%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −324%	210−220 +324%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 −81.3%	140−150 +81.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −226%	110−120 +226%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −648%	187 +648%
Battlefield 5	50−55 −241%	170−180 +241%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −239%	100−110 +239%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −467%	136 +467%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −194%	100−110 +194%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 −214%	130−140 +214%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 −120%	220−230 +120%
Hitman 3	30−33 −457%	167 +457%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 −169%	210−220 +169%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −185%	150−160 +185%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 −158%	110−120 +158%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	62 −524%	387 +524%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 −205%	110−120 +205%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 −81.3%	140−150 +81.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −226%	110−120 +226%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −544%	161 +544%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −239%	100−110 +239%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −421%	125 +421%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −194%	100−110 +194%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 −120%	220−230 +120%
Hitman 3	30−33 −407%	152 +407%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 −291%	305 +291%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	54 −585%	370 +585%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	29 −603%	204 +603%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 −50%	120 +50%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45

−158%

110−120
+158%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−33 −280%	110−120 +280%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −254%	85−90 +254%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −288%	60−65 +288%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −885%	128 +885%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −282%	65−70 +282%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −1088%	95 +1088%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −256%	60−65 +256%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 −226%	260−270 +226%
Hitman 3	18−20 −667%	138 +667%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −691%	253 +691%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −374%	128 +374%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	39 −654%	294 +654%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −865%	164 +865%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 −137%	220−230 +137%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27

−276%

90−95
+276%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −300%	60−65 +300%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Hitman 3	10−12 −318%	45−50 +318%
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80 +20%	65 −20%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −420%	75−80 +420%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −900%	150 +900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −356%	40−45 +356%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 −1014%	78 +1014%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −375%	35−40 +375%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1500%	48 +1500%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −338%	35−40 +338%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −290%	80−85 +290%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −940%	156 +940%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −1050%	69 +1050%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−279%

50−55
+279%

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

RTX 4090 Mobile is 314% faster in 1080p
RTX 4090 Mobile is 436% faster in 1440p
RTX 4090 Mobile is 356% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX A500 Mobile is 20% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4090 Mobile is 1500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX A500 Mobile is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RTX 4090 Mobile is ahead in 71 test (99%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	17.56	72.03
Recency	22 March 2022	3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	120 Watt

RTX A500 Mobile has 100% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 310.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile 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 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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