NVIDIA introduces new Ampere-based RTX GPUs designed for professional applications. Dubbed RTX A1000 and RTX 400, these models feature a sleek, minimalist design. They debuted nearly two and a half years after the release of the RTX A2000 12GB, which marked the latest addition to the Ampere series, and nearly three years after the last major update to the Ampere RTX workstation models.

As shown in the official renders, the GPUs sport a low-profile, single-slot design. Notably, both cards work without an external power connection, as their power consumption is limited to 50W. This is the lowest TDP of all contemporary NVIDIA GPUs produced for the ProViz market.

The RTX A1000 seems to use the GA106 GPU architecture, which has 2304 CUDA cores, 72 Tensor Cores, and 18 RT cores. It achieves a maximum FP32 compute performance of 6.74 TFLOPS with a boost clock of 1463 MHz. The card is built with 8GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit memory bus, offering a maximum bandwidth of 192 GB/s at a memory speed of 12 Gbps according to official specifications.

NVIDIA has yet to officially announce the GPU powering the RTX 400, but indications are that it may be based on the GA107 architecture. It reportedly has 768 CUDA cores, 24 Tensor Cores, and 6 RT Cores, providing around 2.7 TFLOPS of FP32 compute performance with a clock speed of around 1758 MHz. This model is equipped with 4GB of GDDR6 memory on a 64-bit memory bus, offering a bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

Unlike ADA-based models, these cards do not include AV1 encoding support. Nevertheless, they offer decoding and encoding capabilities for other codecs such as H264 or H265. While NVIDIA hasn't revealed pricing for these cards, it has been confirmed that two of the board's partners (PNY and Ryoyo Electric) will be offering them for sale. The RTX A1000 is already available, while the RTX 400 is set to start shipping next month.

Source: NVIDIA