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NVIDIA RTX A1000
Ultra-compact workstation GPU for light acceleration
168mm1 slot50W
Low-profile, low-power GPU for compact render and transcode boxes
$399
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NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada
Modern compact workstation GPU with strong efficiency
168mm1 slot70W
Single-slot Ada card for transcoding, visualization, and compact compute
$649
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NVIDIA RTX A5000
Powerful workstation GPU for mixed homelab workloads
267mm2 slot230W
High-end dual-slot GPU for AI, rendering, and virtualization
$1,499
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GeForce RTX 4060
Efficient entry GPU for GPU-assisted homelabs
240mm2 slot115W
Low-power consumer card with strong efficiency and AV1 support
$299
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GeForce RTX 4090
Flagship consumer GPU for the biggest homelab workloads
336mm3 slot450W
Top-end compute and rendering card with enormous power headroom needs
$1,599
AMD
AMD Radeon Pro W7600
Modern workstation GPU with strong efficiency
241mm1 slot130W
Good fit for VM hosts and GPU-accelerated workflows
$599
AMD
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
High-value high-performance consumer GPU
289mm2 slot263W
Large enough for heavy render and compute jobs without going flagship
$499
NVIDIA
NVIDIA RTX A2000
Low-power GPU for transcode and light compute
169mm1 slot70W
Shorter workstation GPU with moderate power draw
$449
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GeForce RTX 3060
Larger GPU if the chassis has the room
242mm2 slot170W
Longer dual-slot GPU with higher power needs
$289
No Discrete GPU
Use the CPU or onboard graphics only
Skip the GPU if the build does not need one
$0
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NVIDIA RTX A4000
High-performance single-slot workstation GPU
241mm1 slot140W
Workstation-class card for compute-heavy homelabs
$799
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NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada
Compact Ada workstation GPU with strong efficiency
241mm1 slot130W
Modern pro card for AI, graphics, and virtualization workloads
$1,199
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NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada
Low-profile Ada GPU for dense 1U/2U-adjacent systems
168mm1 slot70W
Small-form-factor workstation GPU with strong efficiency
$1,499
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NVIDIA RTX A4500
High-end workstation GPU for serious compute and VM hosts
267mm2 slot200W
Dual-slot pro card with plenty of acceleration headroom
$999
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NVIDIA RTX A6000
Flagship Ampere workstation GPU for heavy acceleration
267mm2 slot300W
Top-tier pro card for large model work and dense rendering
$3,999
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GeForce RTX 4070
Mid-tier GPU for heavier AI and encode workloads
245mm2 slot200W
Efficient consumer card with enough muscle for many lab tasks
$549
NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 4080
High-end GPU for serious local compute and rendering
304mm3 slot320W
Large, power-hungry GPU for demanding homelab acceleration
$1,199
AMD
AMD Radeon Pro W7500
Efficient workstation GPU for compact acceleration builds
188mm1 slot70W
Compact Radeon Pro card for compute and video workloads
$429
AMD
AMD Radeon Pro W7700
Higher-end Radeon Pro GPU for AI and visualization
241mm2 slot190W
Strong workstation card for heavier homelab compute
$999
AMD
AMD Radeon RX 7600
Entry consumer GPU for budget acceleration
228mm2 slot165W
A practical low-cost card for decoding, encoding, and light compute
$269