Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada vs 4500 Ada
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Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
AD102
Nvidia RTX 4500 Ada
AD103
We compared two discrete desktop professional GPUs: the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB with 142 pipelines and 18176 shaders against the 8 months newer 4500 Ada 24 GB that utilizes 60 pipelines and 7680 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
- Performs significantly better (up to 50%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2.3x higher maximum theoretical performance (91.1 vs 39.6 TFLOPS)
- Shows 26% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 149 vs 118 FPS
- Includes 24 GB more video memory
- Features 328 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 2.2x higher memory bandwidth: 960 vs 432 GB/s
- Achieves 89% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (389K vs 206K)
- Has 2.4x more shading units (18176 vs 7680)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 231 168 153 125 |
188 125 115 89 |
| The Witcher 3 | 246 212 152 80 |
201 170 128 66 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 313 219 173 83 |
274 213 151 83 |
| Far Cry 6 | 175 160 148 91 |
158 139 126 78 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 164 137 108 60 |
132 108 85 45 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 220 214 174 116 |
170 159 122 80 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 148 124 110 68 |
116 97 84 49 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 196 172 123 58 |
148 132 86 43 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 287 267 201 109 |
237 219 169 91 |
| 1080p High | 220 | 180 |
| 1080p Ultra | 186 | 151 |
| 1440p Ultra | 149 | 118 |
| 4K Ultra | 88 | 69 |
| Margin of Error | High | High |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 26529 | 19814 |
| Solar Bay | 145429 | 85186 |
| Port Royal | 19497 | 12733 |
| Fire Strike | 62803 | 48036 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 53640 | 40308 |
| Night Raid | 148225 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 618.3 img/sec | 309.9 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 399.9 img/sec | 198.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 15.1 Gpixels/sec | 7.42 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 22.1 Gpixels/sec | 9.94 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 26.3 Gpixels/sec | 12.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 2.33 Gpixels/sec | 2.02 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 2210 Gpixels/sec | 1060 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 53494.5 FPS | 31078.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1007 | 1161 |
| DirectX 11 | 284 FPS | 259 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 101 FPS | 90 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 22506 Ops/s | 16769 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 13367 | 11193 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 32477 | 20124 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 42056 | 34904 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 69004 | 42820 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 230965 | 149991 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3491 | 3789 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 5545 | 4268 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 18668 | 13068 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 68370 | 47003 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 520389 | 300643 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada and 4500 AdaGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | December 3, 2022 | August 23, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $6800 | $2250 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Professional | Professional |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | AD102 | AD103 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i9 14900K or above | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (5th and 17th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 915 MHz | 2070 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2505 MHz | 2580 MHz |
| Shading Units | 18176 | 7680 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 568 | 240 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 192 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 142 | 60 |
| Tensor Cores | 568 | 240 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 142 | 60 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 96MB shared | 48MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 481 GPixel/s | 206 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 1423 GTexel/s | 619 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 300 W | 210 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 609 mm² | 379 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 76 billion | 45 billion |
| Transistor Density | 124.79 MTr/mm² | 118.73 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 48 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2500 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 20000 Mbps | 18000 Mbps |
| Bus | 384-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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