NVIDIA introduces the smallest Ada Lovelace graphics card but it
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NVIDIA introduces the smallest Ada Lovelace graphics card, but it doesn’t suit casual gamers

NVIDIA has presented a new graphics card for desktop computers, but this is by no means the GeForce RTX 4070 expected by many gamers. Instead, the professional model RTX 4000 on the Ada Lovelace architecture debuted today in the Compact PC version (SFF) . The novelty is the first new generation NVIDIA graphics card, which received a low-profile design.

The heart of the new RTX 4000 SFF is the AD104 Ada Lovelace GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores, 48 ​​RT cores and 192 Tensor cores. In comparison, the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti consumer GPU has 7680 CUDA cores, while the upcoming GeForce RTX 4070 is expected to have just 5888 cores. The novelty takes a place between them, but at the same time it has a much lower power consumption – only 70 watts.

According to NVIDIA, the RTX 4000 SFF graphics card is capable of a modest 19.2 teraflops of single-precision operations, 44.3 teraflops of ray-tracing operations, and 306.8 teraflops of tensor-core operations, which is by the standards this generation of NVIDIA cards is rather modest. For comparison: The already mentioned GeForce RTX 4070 Ti delivers 40.09 TFLOPS in single-precision operation. This suggests that the professional novelty has a rather modest frequency of around 1560 MHz, which is not surprising given the extremely low power consumption.

We add that the graphics card has 20 GB of GDDR6 RAM with support for a 160-bit bus and a bandwidth of 320 GB / s. There is support for ECC error correction. The interface is PCIe 4.0 x16. Four Mini-DP 1.4a connections are available for image output. A two-slot high cooling system with a tangential fan is responsible for heat dissipation.

NVIDIA itself positions the new product as a solution for designers, engineers and other professionals who prefer compact desktop workstations. In addition, manufacturers of special solutions, such as those used in the healthcare industry, can benefit from the combination of performance and compactness of the card.

The NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF professional graphics card will go on sale in April for an estimated price of $1,250.

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