RTX A4000 vs Radeon RX 5800

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated53
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data13.15
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameNavi 23GA104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release dateno data12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price$389 $1112

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores30726144
Boost clock speed1735 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rate333.1299.5

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
Lengthno data241 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.3
CUDAno data8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 140 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5800 and RTX A4000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5800 is a desktop card while RTX A4000 is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon RX 5800
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