RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server vs Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 913 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.82 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026) |
| GPU code name | Bristol Ridge | GB203 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 June 2016 (9 years ago) | 17 March 2026 (recently) |
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 | 384 | 10496 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1215 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 800 MHz | 2415 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3100 Million | 45,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12-45 Watt | 165 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 792.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 50.7 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 112 |
| TMUs | no data | 328 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 328 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 82 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 10.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 64 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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-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 | no data | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 32 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64/128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1563 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 800.3 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | No outputs |
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 | 6.9 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.4 |
| CUDA | - | 12.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 June 2016 | 17 March 2026 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 165 Watt |
R5 (Bristol Ridge) has 1275% lower power consumption.
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) and RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) is a notebook graphics card while RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server is a workstation one.
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