RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs Radeon RX 7950 XTX
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 29 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 34.23 |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Navi 31 | AD104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | no data (2024 years ago) | 9 August 2023 (1 year 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 | 6144 | 6144 |
| Core clock speed | 2200 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3300 MHz | 2175 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 57,700 million | 35,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 355 Watt | 130 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1,267 | 417.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 81.1 TFLOPS | 26.73 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 192 | 80 |
| TMUs | 384 | 192 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 192 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 96 | 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 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 287 mm | 245 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 20 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 160 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 960.0 GB/s | 360.0 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 Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C | 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 20 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 355 Watt | 130 Watt |
RX 7950 XTX has a 20% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RTX 4000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has 173.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 7950 XTX and RTX 4000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 7950 XTX is a desktop card while RTX 4000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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