RTX A4000 vs Radeon RX Vega 9

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 9 with RTX A4000, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 9
2017
15 Watt
4.81

RTX A4000 outperforms RX Vega 9 by a whopping 812% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking62365
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency25.4424.86
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeGA104
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 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 cores5766144
Core clock speedno data735 MHz
Boost clock speed1300 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rateno data299.5
Floating-point processing powerno data19.17 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectorsno data4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6
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 HD18
−789%
160−170
+789%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
−746%
110−120
+746%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−770%
200−210
+770%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−809%
100−105
+809%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
−746%
110−120
+746%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−809%
200−210
+809%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−770%
200−210
+770%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−809%
100−105
+809%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−767%
130−140
+767%
Fortnite 22
−809%
200−210
+809%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−775%
210−220
+775%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
−757%
120−130
+757%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
−800%
180−190
+800%
Valorant 60−65
−773%
550−600
+773%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
−746%
110−120
+746%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−809%
200−210
+809%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−770%
200−210
+770%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 85−90
−799%
800−850
+799%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−809%
100−105
+809%
Dota 2 40−45
−809%
400−450
+809%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−767%
130−140
+767%
Fortnite 16
−775%
140−150
+775%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−775%
210−220
+775%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
−757%
120−130
+757%
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
−789%
160−170
+789%
Metro Exodus 10−11
−800%
90−95
+800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
−800%
180−190
+800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
−746%
110−120
+746%
Valorant 60−65
−773%
550−600
+773%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
−809%
200−210
+809%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−809%
100−105
+809%
Dota 2 40−45
−809%
400−450
+809%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−767%
130−140
+767%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−775%
210−220
+775%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
−800%
180−190
+800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
−775%
70−75
+775%
Valorant 60−65
−773%
550−600
+773%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 9
−789%
80−85
+789%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 8−9
−775%
70−75
+775%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 40−45
−775%
350−400
+775%
Grand Theft Auto V 6−7
−733%
50−55
+733%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
−733%
300−310
+733%
Valorant 55−60
−762%
500−550
+762%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
−733%
50−55
+733%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−800%
90−95
+800%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−733%
100−105
+733%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−775%
70−75
+775%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 10−11
−800%
90−95
+800%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
−775%
35−40
+775%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−782%
150−160
+782%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Valorant 24−27
−785%
230−240
+785%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−800%
27−30
+800%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Dota 2 18−20
−789%
160−170
+789%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−800%
45−50
+800%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−757%
60−65
+757%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
−800%
45−50
+800%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6
−800%
45−50
+800%

This is how RX Vega 9 and RTX A4000 compete in popular games:

  • RTX A4000 is 789% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.81 43.87
Recency 26 October 2017 12 April 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 140 Watt

RX Vega 9 has 833.3% lower power consumption.

RTX A4000, on the other hand, has a 812.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 9 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 9 is a notebook card while RTX A4000 is a workstation one.

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