NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation is a graphics card released on August 9, 2023, built on the Ada Lovelace architecture. It has 6,144 shading units, 20 GB of GDDR6 memory, a boost clock of 2.18 GHz and a 130 W board power rating. It scores 23,661 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (FL 12_2), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 3.0 and CUDA compute capability 8.9.
Depth: 41 recorded fields, 11 features, 5 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, NVIDIA Developer: CUDA GPUs, NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation scores 23,661 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 97.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #57), measured across 1,140 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 1,107.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation averages DirectX 9 300 fps, DirectX 10 125 fps, DirectX 11 203 fps, DirectX 12 93 fps and GPU Compute 11,870 ops/s, across 1,140 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
Theoretical throughput
FP32 (single precision) (26.726 TFLOPS) is calculated by Feex from stored specifications, not stated by NVIDIA.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation states the PCIe 4.0 x16 interface, up to 20 GB of memory, a core clock of 1500 MHz, DirectX 12_2 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2023-10-26. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Not to be confused with
This page covers the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and uses the AD104 graphics processor.
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation has 6,144 shading units, 192 texture mapping units and 80 render output units.
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation runs at a base clock of 1.50 GHz and boosts to 2.18 GHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation is equipped with 20 GB of GDDR6 memory.
Board and power
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation has a board power rating of 130 W and it connects over PCIe 4.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation was released on August 9, 2023 and launched at a price of $1,250.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (FL 12_2), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 3.0 and CUDA compute capability 8.9.
Features
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation has 2 supported features recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.
Rendering
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Supported: DirectX 12 UltimateMicrosoft's top DirectX 12 feature tier, covering hardware ray tracing, mesh shaders, variable-rate shading and sampler feedback.
Not listed (3)
No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation supports Hardware ray tracing, NVIDIA DLSS and Vulkan ray tracing. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation supports DirectX 12 Ultimate under Rendering.
Compute and AI
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Supported: CUDA Compute capability 8.9Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.
Not listed (2)
No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation supports CUDA (Compute capability 8.9) under Compute and AI.
Media engine
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265) and AV1 and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9.
| Codec | Encode | Decode |
|---|---|---|
| H.264 (AVC) | Supported4:4:4: Yes | Supported |
| HEVC (H.265) | Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: Yes; 10-bit: Yes; B-frames: Yes; 8K: Yes | Supported4:4:4: Yes |
| AV1 | Supported | Supported |
| VP9 | Not stated by the vendor | Supported |
supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor
Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (8th Generation, encoder engines: 2) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (5th Generation, decoder engines: 2).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation have?
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation has 20 GB of GDDR6 memory.
How much power does the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation has a board power rating of 130 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation?
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation scores 23,661 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 97.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #57. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 93 fps.
Does the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation support AV1 encoding?
Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation supports AV1 hardware encoding and AV1 hardware decoding.
Does the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation support DirectX 12 Ultimate?
Yes. The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation supports DirectX 12 Ultimate.
What is the CUDA compute capability of the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation?
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation has CUDA compute capability 8.9.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation use?
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation connects over PCIe 4.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation released and how much did it cost at launch?
The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation was released on August 9, 2023 and launched at a price of $1,250.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
1 filled value
- Architecture: Ada Lovelace (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip AD104 -> Ada Lovelace. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).
The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.
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