PNY RTX A400 4GB GDDR6 workstation Black
The Ampere-based RTX A400 fits into a single-slot, low-profile design with a 50W power draw, making it viable for compact workstations where space is at a premium. Its quad Mini DisplayPort 1.4a outputs enable multi-monitor setups for productivity, while the active fan cooling sustains clock speeds up to 2540MHz. This card is best for office professionals and financial analysts needing reliable, multi-display support in small-form-factor PCs, not for AI or content creation workloads.
GPU RTX A400
VRAM 4GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 2540 MHz
TDP 50 W
Memory Bus 64 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class workstation
34 Overall Score
Price €253
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong efficiency (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong affordability (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong connectivity (74th percentile) 74th
- Strong feature (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average social proof (9th percentile)
- Below average compute (9th percentile)
- Below average ai (13th percentile)
- Below average raster (16th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | RTX A400 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere |
| Class | workstation |
| Process | 8 |
Memory
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 64 |
| Bandwidth | 96 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 768 |
| Tensor Cores | 24 |
| RT Cores | 6 |
| Base Clock | 1500 |
| Boost Clock | 2540 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 2.706 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 2.706 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 5983 |
| GPU Compute | 2558 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 50 |
| Recommended PSU | 450 |
| Power Connectors | No |
| Cooler | Fan |
| Fans | 1 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x8 |
| DisplayPort | 4 |
| HDMI | 0 |
| USB-C | 0 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 4K (2160p) |
Physical
| Length | 163 |
| Slot Width | 1 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
| Weight | 0.5 kg / 1.2 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | DLSS 4 |
| AV1 Encode | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | PNY RTX A400 | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G | XFX Mercury RX-97TRGBBB9 | Gigabyte Gaming GV-R9070XTGAMING-16GD | ZOTAC Solid OC ZT-B50700J-10P | MSI SHADOW G5070-12S3C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | RTX A400 | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 9070 XT | Radeon RX 9070 XT | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Vram | 4GB GDDR6 | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 | 12GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2540 | 2512 | 3100 | 2970 | 2542 | 2542 |
| Tdp W | 50 | 250 | 304 | 304 | 250 | 250 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 64 | 192 | 256 | 256 | 192 | 192 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | workstation | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNY RTX A400 | 13 | 18.5 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 9.1 | 72.1 | 26.4 | 83.4 | 73.7 | 8.5 | 80.9 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G Compare | 62.1 | 82.6 | 65.5 | 79.7 | 72.4 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 79.3 | 94 | 95.5 | 45.5 |
| XFX Mercury RX-97TRGBBB9 Compare | 89.2 | 84.5 | 75.7 | 75.8 | 90.9 | 96.2 | 72.4 | 46.1 | 94 | 95.5 | 40.7 |
| Gigabyte Gaming GV-R9070XTGAMING-16GD Compare | 89.2 | 77.4 | 74 | 75.8 | 89.8 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 46.1 | 88.8 | 82.6 | 23.2 |
| ZOTAC Solid OC ZT-B50700J-10P Compare | 62.1 | 82.6 | 65.5 | 79.7 | 72.4 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 79.3 | 94 | 88.8 | 48.8 |
| MSI SHADOW G5070-12S3C Compare | 62.1 | 82.6 | 65.5 | 79.7 | 72.4 | 89.6 | 91.5 | 79.3 | 94 | 61.3 | 37.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall34
- AI/LLM10.6
- Budget49.6
- Gaming 4k14
- Ray Tracing18.6
- Workstation31.5
- Gaming 1080p26.6
- Gaming 1440p19.9
- Content Creation26.1
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