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ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada 24GB PCIe Active GPU

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Abstract

The ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada 24GB PCIe Active GPU is a powerful double-slot GPU that delivers AI-powered graphics and real-time rendering. The GPU is built on the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture, and contains 60 third-generation RT Cores, 240 fourth- generation Tensor Cores, and 7,680 CUDA® cores, with 24GB of graphics memory.

This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the RTX 4500 Ada GPU and its key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the RTX 4500 Ada GPU and consider its use in IT solutions.

Change History

Changes in the October 18, 2024 update:

Introduction

Industries are embracing accelerated computing and AI to tackle powerful dynamics and unlock transformative possibilities. Generative AI is reshaping the way professionals create and innovate across various domains, from design and engineering to entertainment and healthcare.

The NVIDIA RTX™ 4500 Ada Generation, built on the ultra-efficient NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture, combines 60 third-generation RT Cores, 240 fourth- generation Tensor Cores, and 7,680 CUDA® cores with 24GB of graphics memory to deliver AI-powered graphics and real-time rendering. Discover new ways to create incredible workflow acceleration with RTX 4500.

ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada 24GB PCIe Active GPU
Figure 1. ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada 24GB PCIe Active GPU

Did you know?

Certified with a broad range of professional applications, tested by leading independent software vendors (ISVs) and workstation manufacturers, and backed by a global team of support specialists, NVIDIA RTX is the visual computing solution of choice for demanding enterprise deployments.

Part number information

The following table shows the part numbers for the RTX 4500 Ada GPU.

Table 1. Ordering information
Part number Feature code Description Controlled GPU status
4X67A96491 C4RX ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada 24GB PCIe Active GPU No

The RTX 4500 Ada GPU is not Controlled which means the GPU is unrestricted and is available in all markets.

The PCIe option part numbers includes the following:

  • One RTX 4500 Ada GPU with full-height (3U) adapter bracket attached
  • Documentation

Features

NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation GPU offers high performance real-time ray tracing, AI-accelerated compute, and professional graphics rendering within an optimized power envelope. Building upon the major SM enhancements from the Ada Lovelace GPU, the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture enhances ray tracing operations, tensor matrix operations, and concurrent executions of FP32 and INT32 operations.

The ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada 24GB PCIe Active GPU offers the following features:

  • PCIe Gen4
  • Four DisplayPort 1.4a connectors
  • AV1 encode and decode support
  • DisplayPort with audio
  • 3D stereo support with stereo connector
  • NVIDIA® GPUDirect® for Video support
  • NVIDIA GPUDirect Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) support
  • NVIDIA Quadro® Sync II1 compatibility
  • NVIDIA RTX Experience™
  • NVIDIA RTX Desktop Manager software
  • NVIDIA RTX IO support
  • HDCP 2.2 support
  • NVIDIA Mosaic2 technology

Technical specifications

The following table lists the specifications of the NVIDIA RTX A4500 GPU.

Table 2. NVIDIA RTX A4500 specifications
Feature Specification
GPU Architecture NVIDIA Ada Lovelace Architecture
GPU Memory 24 GB GDDR6 with ECC
Memory Interface 192-bit
Memory Bandwidth Up to 432 GB/s
ECC Yes
NVIDIA CUDA Cores 7,680
NVIDIA Tensor Cores 240 fourth-generation Tensor Cores
NVIDIA RT Cores 60 third-generation RT Cores
Peak Single-Precision Performance 39.6 TFLOPS (peak)
Peak RT Core performance 91.6 TFLOPS (peak)
Peak Tensor Performance 634.0 TFLOPS (peak)
NVLink support No
Host Interface PCI Express 4.0 x 16
Power Consumption 210 W
Thermal Solution Active cooling
Form Factor 4.4” (H) x 10.5” (L), FHFL, Dual Slot
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort (DP) 1.4a
Maximum simultaneous displays 4x 4096 x 2160 @ 120 Hz, 4x 5120 x 2880 @ 60 Hz, 2x 7680 x 4320 @ 60 Hz
Encode / Decode Engines 2x encode, 2x decode (+AV1 encode and decode)
VR Ready Yes
Graphics APIs DirectX 12, Shader Model 6.7, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3
Compute APIs CUDA 12.2, DirectCompute, OpenCL 3.0

Server support

The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.

Table 3. Server support (Part 1 of 4)
Part Number Description AMD V3 2S Intel V3/V4 4S 8S Intel V3 Multi Node V3/V4 GPU Rich
SR635 V3 (7D9H / 7D9G)
SR655 V3 (7D9F / 7D9E)
SR645 V3 (7D9D / 7D9C)
SR665 V3 (7D9B / 7D9A)
ST650 V3 (7D7B / 7D7A)
SR630 V3 (7D72 / 7D73)
SR650 V3 (7D75 / 7D76)
SR630 V4 (7DG8 / 7DG9)
SR850 V3 (7D97 / 7D96)
SR860 V3 (7D94 / 7D93)
SR950 V3 (7DC5 / 7DC4)
SD535 V3 (7DD8 / 7DD1)
SD530 V3 (7DDA / 7DD3)
SD550 V3 (7DD9 / 7DD2)
SD520 V4 (7DFZ / 7DFY)
SR670 V2 (7Z22 / 7Z23)
SR675 V3 (7D9Q / 7D9R)
SR680a V3 (7DHE)
SR685a V3 (7DHC)
SR780a V3 (7DJ5)
4X67A96491 ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada 24GB PCIe Active GPU N 3 N 3 N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Table 4. Server support (Part 2 of 4)
Part Number Description 1S V3 Edge Super Computing 1S Intel V2 2S Intel V2
ST50 V3 (7DF4 / 7DF3)
ST250 V3 (7DCF / 7DCE)
SR250 V3 (7DCM / 7DCL)
SE350 (7Z46 / 7D1X)
SE350 V2 (7DA9)
SE360 V2 (7DAM)
SE450 (7D8T)
SE455 V3 (7DBY)
SC750 V4 (7DDJ)
SD665 V3 (7D9P)
SD665-N V3 (7DAZ)
SD650 V3 (7D7M)
SD650-I V3 (7D7L)
SD650-N V3 (7D7N)
ST50 V2 (7D8K / 7D8J)
ST250 V2 (7D8G / 7D8F)
SR250 V2 (7D7R / 7D7Q)
ST650 V2 (7Z75 / 7Z74)
SR630 V2 (7Z70 / 7Z71)
SR650 V2 (7Z72 / 7Z73)
4X67A96491 ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada 24GB PCIe Active GPU N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Table 5. Server support (Part 3 of 4)
Part Number Description AMD V1 Dense V2 4S V2 8S 4S V1 1S Intel V1
SR635 (7Y98 / 7Y99)
SR655 (7Y00 / 7Z01)
SR655 Client OS
SR645 (7D2Y / 7D2X)
SR665 (7D2W / 7D2V)
SD630 V2 (7D1K)
SD650 V2 (7D1M)
SD650-N V2 (7D1N)
SN550 V2 (7Z69)
SR850 V2 (7D31 / 7D32)
SR860 V2 (7Z59 / 7Z60)
SR950 (7X11 / 7X12)
SR850 (7X18 / 7X19)
SR850P (7D2F / 2D2G)
SR860 (7X69 / 7X70)
ST50 (7Y48 / 7Y50)
ST250 (7Y45 / 7Y46)
SR150 (7Y54)
SR250 (7Y52 / 7Y51)
4X67A96491 ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada 24GB PCIe Active GPU N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Table 6. Server support (Part 4 of 4)
Part Number Description 2S Intel V1 Dense V1
ST550 (7X09 / 7X10)
SR530 (7X07 / 7X08)
SR550 (7X03 / 7X04)
SR570 (7Y02 / 7Y03)
SR590 (7X98 / 7X99)
SR630 (7X01 / 7X02)
SR650 (7X05 / 7X06)
SR670 (7Y36 / 7Y37)
SD530 (7X21)
SD650 (7X58)
SN550 (7X16)
SN850 (7X15)
4X67A96491 ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada 24GB PCIe Active GPU N N N N N N N N N N N N

Operating system support

The following table lists the supported operating systems:

Tip: These tables are automatically generated based on data from Lenovo ServerProven.

Table 7. Operating system support for ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada 24GB PCIe Active GPU, 4X67A96491
Operating systems
SR655 V3
SR665 V3
Microsoft Windows 10 Y Y
Microsoft Windows 11 Y Y
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Y Y
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Y Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Y Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 Y Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Y Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 Y Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 Y Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 Y Y
Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS Y Y
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Y Y

NVIDIA GPU software

This section lists the NVIDIA software that is available from Lenovo.

NVIDIA HPC Compiler Software

Table 8. NVIDIA HPC Compiler
Part number Feature code
7S09CTO6WW
Description
HPC Compiler Support Services
7S090014WW S924 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, 1 Year
7S090015WW S925 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, 3 Years
7S09002GWW S9UQ NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, 5 Years
7S090016WW S926 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, EDU, 1 Year
7S090017WW S927 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, EDU, 3 Years
7S09002HWW S9UR NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, EDU, 5 Years
7S090018WW S928 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services - Additional Contact, 1 Year
7S09002JWW S9US NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services - Additional Contact, 3 Years
7S09002KWW S9UT NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services - Additional Contact, 5 Years
7S090019WW S929 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services - Additional Contact, EDU, 1 Year
7S09002LWW S9UU NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services - Additional Contact, EDU, 3 Years
7S09002MWW S9UV NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services - Additional Contact, EDU, 5 Years
HPC Compiler Premier Support Services
7S09001AWW S92A NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, 1 Year
7S09002NWW S9UW NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, 3 Years
7S09002PWW S9UX NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, 5 Years
7S09001BWW S92B NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, EDU, 1 Year
7S09002QWW S9UY NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, EDU, 3 Years
7S09002RWW S9UZ NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, EDU, 5 Years
7S09001CWW S92C NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services - Additional Contact, 1 Year
7S09002SWW S9V0 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services - Additional Contact, 3 Years
7S09002TWW S9V1 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services - Additional Contact, 5 Years
7S09001DWW S92D NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services - Additional Contact, EDU, 1 Year
7S09002UWW S9V2 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services - Additional Contact, EDU, 3 Years
7S09002VWW S9V3 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services - Additional Contact, EDU, 5 Years

Auxiliary power cables

The RTX 4500 Ada GPU option part number does not ship with auxiliary power cables. Cables are server-specific due to length requirements. For CTO orders, auxiliary power cables are derived by the configurator. For field upgrades, cables will need to be ordered separately as listed in the table below.

Table 9. Auxiliary power cables for RTX 4500 Ada GPU
Auxiliary power cable needed with the SR655 V3, SR665 V3

SBB7A66338400mm 16-pin (2x6+4) cable
Feature: BRWK
SBB: SBB7A66338
Base: SC17B33047
FRU: 03KM846
Option:
SR655 V3: 4X67A86438, ThinkSystem SR655 V3 GPU Enablement Kit
SR665 V3: 4X67A85856, ThinkSystem SR665 V3 GPU Full Length Thermal Option Kit

* The option part numbers are for thermal kits and include other components needed to install the GPU. See the server product guide for details.

Regulatory approvals

The RTX 4500 Ada GPU has the following regulatory approvals:

  • RCM
  • BSMI
  • CE
  • FCC
  • ICES
  • KCC
  • cUL, UL
  • VCCI

Operating environment

The RTX 4500 Ada GPU has the following operating characteristics:

  • Ambient temperature
    • Operational: 0°C to 50°C (-5°C to 55°C for short term*)
    • Storage: -40°C to 75°C
  • Relative humidity:
    • Operational: 5-85% (5-93% short term*)
    • Storage: 5-95%

* A period not more than 96 hours consecutive, not to exceed 15 days per year.

Warranty

One year limited warranty. When installed in a Lenovo server, the GPU assumes the server’s base warranty and any warranty upgrades.

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:

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