RTX A4000H vs Radeon Pro Vega 56
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 203 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 43.98 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.52 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | GA104 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 14 August 2017 (7 years ago) | 12 April 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 3584 | 6144 |
| Core clock speed | 1138 MHz | 735 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1560 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 210 Watt | 140 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 280.0 | 299.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | 8.96 TFLOPS | 19.17 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 96 |
| TMUs | 224 | 192 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 192 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 48 |
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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 241 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 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 type | HBM2 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 786 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 402.4 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 August 2017 | 12 April 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 210 Watt | 140 Watt |
RTX A4000H has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro Vega 56 and RTX A4000H. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega 56 is a mobile workstation card while RTX A4000H is a workstation one.
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