RTX A4500 Mobile vs Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 120 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 21.72 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | GA104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 7 August 2017 (8 years ago) | 22 March 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | no data |
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 | 4096 | 5888 |
| Core clock speed | 1200 MHz | 930 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1536 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 295 Watt | 140 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 393.2 | 276.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 12.58 TFLOPS | 17.66 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 96 |
| TMUs | 256 | 184 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 184 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 46 |
| L1 Cache | 1 MB | 5.8 MB |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 4 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 | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 282 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | no data |
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 | 945 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 483.8 GB/s | 512.0 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 | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Portable Device Dependent |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
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 | 7 August 2017 | 22 March 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 295 Watt | 140 Watt |
RTX A4500 Mobile has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 110.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition and RTX A4500 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition is a desktop graphics card while RTX A4500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
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