RTX A4000 vs Radeon Pro V520

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro V520 and RTX A4000, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Pro V520
2020
8 GB HBM2, 225 Watt
31.76

RTX A4000 outperforms Pro V520 by an impressive 59% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking17056
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency9.7824.90
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 12GA104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date1 December 2020 (3 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 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 cores23046144
Core clock speed1000 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rate230.4299.5
Floating-point processing power7.373 TFLOPS19.17 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs144192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 mm241 mm
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 6-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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth512.0 GB/s448.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.23.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA-8.6

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.

Pro V520 31.76
RTX A4000 50.34
+58.5%

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.

Pro V520 12257
RTX A4000 19425
+58.5%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 31.76 50.34
Recency 1 December 2020 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 140 Watt

Pro V520 has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

RTX A4000, on the other hand, has a 58.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 60.7% lower power consumption.

The RTX A4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro V520 in performance tests.


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