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NVIDIA RTX A4500 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF: Comparison

NVIDIA RTX A4500 and NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF separate most on tdp: NVIDIA RTX A4500 at 200 W, NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF at 70 W, 186% in favour of NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF. Slot Width splits them by another 100%, again favouring NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF. They match on 4 other specifications, including gpu brand, board partner and tier.

Specs

Specification
NVIDIA RTX A4500
NVIDIA RTX A4500
NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF
NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF
GPU BrandNVIDIANVIDIA
SeriesRTX Ampere GenerationRTX PRO Blackwell
Board PartnerNVIDIA Reference (workstation, no AIB partners)NVIDIA Reference (workstation, no AIB partners)
VRAM20 GB-17%24 GB
TierMainstreamMainstream
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR7
Boost Clock1650 MHz-23%2130 MHz
Ray Tracing Supporttruetrue
TDP200 W-186%70 W
ArchitectureAmpereBlackwell
Process NodeSamsung 8nmTSMC 4N
Card Length267 mm-58%169 mm
Slot Width2-100%1
Memory Bus Width320 bit192 bit-40%
Memory Bandwidth640 GB/s-5%672 GB/s
Recommended PSU450 W-41%320 W
Power Connector1x 8-pinNone (slot powered)
MSRP17001450
Launch Date2022-032025-04
Base / Game Clock1050 MHz1400 MHz
PCIe InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x8
CUDA Cores76808960
Display Outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a4x Mini DisplayPort 2.1b
Media Engine2x NVENC (7th gen), 2x NVDEC4x NVENC (9th gen), 4x NVDEC, AV1 encode/decode

Verdict

NVIDIA RTX A4500

7.1 / 10 Expert Rating

A solid, unglamorous mainstream workstation card - good value on the refurbished market for CAD work that doesn't need cutting-edge ray tracing or AI performance.

NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF

7.7 / 10 Expert Rating

A genuinely useful niche card - the only realistic way to get 24GB of workstation VRAM into a truly small chassis.

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