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Abstract
The ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada 20GB PCIe Active GPU is a powerful single-slot GPU for professionals, delivering acceleration for AI, real-time rendering, graphics, and compute workloads. Built on the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture, RTX 4000 combines 48 third-generation RT Cores, 192 fourth-generation Tensor Cores, and 6,144 CUDA cores with 20GB of graphics memory to effortlessly handle large datasets and complex visual workloads.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the RTX 4000 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 4000 Ada GPU and consider its use in IT solutions.
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 ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada 20GB PCIe Active GPU is a powerful single-slot GPU for professionals, delivering acceleration for AI, real-time rendering, graphics, and compute workloads. Built on the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture, RTX 4000 combines 48 third-generation RT Cores, 192 fourth-generation Tensor Cores, and 6,144 CUDA cores with 20GB of graphics memory to effortlessly handle large datasets and complex visual workloads.
Figure 1. ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada 20GB PCIe Active GPU
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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 4000 Ada GPU.
The RTX 4000 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 4000 Ada GPU with full-height (3U) adapter bracket attached
- Documentation
Features
Experience fast, interactive performance—powered by the latest NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture—with ultra-fast, onboard graphics memory technology and optimized software drivers for professional applications. The Shader Execution Reordering (SER) system allows on-the-fly organization and reordering workloads by grouping similar performing threads for the SM and RT Core to operate more efficiently.
The ThinkSystem NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada 20GB 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 II compatibility
- NVIDIA RTX Experience
- NVIDIA RTX Desktop Manager software
- NVIDIA RTX IO support
- HDCP 2.2 support
- NVIDIA Mosaic technology
Technical specifications
The following table lists the specifications of the RTX 4000 Ada GPU.
Server support
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
NVIDIA GPU software
This section lists the NVIDIA software that is available from Lenovo.
NVIDIA HPC Compiler Software
Auxiliary power cables
The RTX 4000 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.
Regulatory approvals
The RTX 4000 Ada GPU has the following regulatory approvals:
- RCM
- BSMI
- CE
- FCC
- ICES
- KCC
- cUL, UL
- VCCI
Operating environment
The RTX 4000 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 publications
For more information, refer to these documents:
- ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile GPU Summary:
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp0768-thinksystem-thinkagile-gpu-summary - ServerProven compatibility:
https://serverproven.lenovo.com/ - NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada product page:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/design-visualization/rtx-4000/ - NVIDIA Ada Lovelace Architecture page
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/ada-lovelace-architecture
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