By https://www.creativebloq.com/author/ian-evenden
Publication Date: 2026-05-19 07:00:00
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The Nvidia RTX A1000 – no GeForce branding here, as it’s not a board aimed at gamers – is a tiny workstation graphics card based on the Ampere architecture. It’s roughly comparable to the GeForce RTX 3050, with the same number of CUDA cores, but it packs 8GB of VRAM against the 6GB commonly found in the gaming card.
This doesn’t put it very far up the GPU hierarchy; in fact, it’s barely better than the kind of integrated graphics solutions we’re seeing supplied with CPUs in 2026, but crucially, it is better, uses surprisingly little power, and is capable of driving more monitors than a single video output would ever be able to.
Key specifications
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Architecture: |
Ampere |
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Bus type: |
PCIe 4.0 x8 |
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CUDA cores: |
2304 |
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Clock speed |
2280Mhz (2535Mhz boost) |
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Memory: |
8GB GDDR6 |
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Memory speed: |
12Gbps |
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Memory bandwidth: |
192GB/s |
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Power draw: |
50W |
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Ports: |
4x Mini DisplayPort 1.4a |
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Dimensions: |
163 x 69mm |
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Slots: |
1 |
Design, build and display
• Compact card
• Four video outputs
The RTX A series is the heir to Nvidia‘s old Quadro range of workstation graphics processors. They’re small, low-power boards that aren’t designed in the same way as the gaming-focused GeForce cards: they’re more likely to be connected to…
