RTX 4500 Ada Generation vs Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) with RTX 4500 Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.
RTX 4500 Ada Generation outperforms R3 (Mullins/Beema) by a whopping 8655% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1214 | 24 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 24.72 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.1 (2014) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Beema/Mullins | AD103 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 29 April 2014 (12 years ago) | 9 August 2023 (2 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 cores | 128 | 7680 |
| Core clock speed | 350 MHz | 2070 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 686 MHz | 2580 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 45,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 210 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 619.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 39.63 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 80 |
| TMUs | no data | 240 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 240 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 60 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 7.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 48 MB |
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 | no data | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 245 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | no data | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 432.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
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 | 15
−8567%
| 1300−1350
+8567%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−8400%
|
170−180
+8400%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−8400%
|
170−180
+8400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−8400%
|
85−90
+8400%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−7900%
|
400−450
+7900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−8650%
|
700−750
+8650%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−8521%
|
2500−2550
+8521%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 21−24
−8471%
|
1800−1850
+8471%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−8400%
|
170−180
+8400%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−8362%
|
1100−1150
+8362%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−8400%
|
85−90
+8400%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−7900%
|
400−450
+7900%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
−8400%
|
85−90
+8400%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−8650%
|
700−750
+8650%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−8233%
|
500−550
+8233%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−8521%
|
2500−2550
+8521%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−8400%
|
170−180
+8400%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−8362%
|
1100−1150
+8362%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−8400%
|
85−90
+8400%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−7900%
|
400−450
+7900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−8650%
|
700−750
+8650%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−8233%
|
500−550
+8233%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−8521%
|
2500−2550
+8521%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
−8567%
|
260−270
+8567%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 4−5
−8650%
|
350−400
+8650%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−8650%
|
700−750
+8650%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−8400%
|
170−180
+8400%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
−8400%
|
170−180
+8400%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 1−2
−8400%
|
85−90
+8400%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−8471%
|
1200−1250
+8471%
|
| Valorant | 4−5
−8650%
|
350−400
+8650%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−8400%
|
170−180
+8400%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−8400%
|
170−180
+8400%
|
This is how R3 (Mullins/Beema) and RTX 4500 Ada Generation compete in popular games:
- RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 8567% faster in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.77 | 67.41 |
| Recency | 29 April 2014 | 9 August 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 5 nm |
RTX 4500 Ada Generation has a 8655% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.
The RTX 4500 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) is a notebook graphics card while RTX 4500 Ada Generation is a workstation one.
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