Nvidia has shaken the cob webs off its Ampere GPU architecture by announcing two brand-new professional GPUs based on its previous-generation architecture. The RTX A1000 and A400 target the entry-level professional market, with specifications that boasting GPU specifications that are either similar or far worse than the consumer-grade RTX 3050. These won't likely be the best graphics cards, even for professionals, but they'll probably fill a very specific niche.
The two new GPUs fill out the bottom of Nvidia's professional RTX product stack. The RTX A400 and RTX A1000 come with super small half-height, single-slot blower-style coolers and a 50W TBP (Total Board Power) rating. No external power connectors are required. But while the TBPs might be the same, under the hood there are some pretty massive differences.
