NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU vs NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (Codename GN21-X11) is a high-end laptop GPU. It is based on the AD103 chip as the desktop RTX 4080 and use the Ada Lovelace architecture. The AD103 chip offers a maximum of 10.752 shaders from which inly 9728 are used (e.g., the RTX 4080 Desktop uses 9.728) and a 256 Bit memory bus. The RTX 4090 mobile uses 16 GB GDDR6 dedicated graphics memory with a clock speed of 20 Gbps (effective). The TGP (Total Graphics Power) can be configured between 80 and 150 Watt (+ 15 Watt Dynamic Boost from the CPU) leading to different performance levels (the desktop RTX 4080 uses 320 Watt for comparisons).
The performance depenends on the TGP settings which defines the maximum boost clock (1455 MHz for 80W and up to 2040 MHz for 150W). With 150W the performance should be in the region of the desktop RTX 4080 and therefore best suited for 4k60 or 2k with 120 fps for demanding games. For raytracing, lower resolutions or DLSS is needed.
In our reviews, an average RTX 4090 is clearly the fastest mobile GPU and bests the RTX 4080 Laptop GPU and mobile RTX 3080 Ti easily. 4090M GPUs with lower power limit can however loose up to 20% performance.
In games, fast RTX 4090 models allow gaming in 4k with maximum details. Adding Raytracing may lead to frame rates below 60 fps (e.g. F1 23) and therefore the use of DLSS or reduced settings are advised.
The AD103 chip of the RTX 4090 mobile is manufactured in an improved 5 nm process at TSMC (4N).
NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU
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The Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada Generation, not to be confused with the A4000, P4000 or RTX 4000 Turing Generation, is a very powerful professional graphics card for use in laptops that sports 7,424 CUDA cores and 12 GB of ECC GDDR6 VRAM. Brought into existence in 2023, this graphics adapter leverages TSMC's 5 nm process and Nvidia's Ada Lovelace architecture to achieve great performance combined with moderate power consumption. The Nvidia-recommended TGP range for the card is very wide at 60 W to 175 W leading to bizarre performance differences between different systems powered by what is supposed to be the same product.
Hardware-wise, the RTX 4000 is a GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop in disguise. Consequently, both make use of the AD103 chip and have little difficulty running triple-A games at QHD 1440p.
Quadro series graphics cards ship with much different BIOS and drivers than GeForce cards and are targeted at professional users rather than gamers. Commercial product design, large-scale calculations, simulation, data mining, 24 x 7 operation - if any of this sounds familiar, then a Quadro card will make you happy.
Architecture and Features
Ada Lovelace brings a range of improvements over older graphics cards utilizing the outgoing Ampere architecture. It's not just a better manufacturing process and a higher number of CUDA cores that we have here (up to 16,384 versus 10,752); under-the-hood refinements are plentiful, including an immensely larger L2 cache and an optimized ray tracing routine (a different way to determine what is transparent and what isn't is used) and other changes. Naturally, these graphics cards can both encode and decode some of the most widely used video codecs, AVC, HEVC and AV1 included; they also support a host of Nvidia technologies, including Optimus and DLSS 3, and they can certainly be used for various AI tasks.
The RTX 4000 features 58 RT cores of the 3rd generation, 232 Tensor cores of the 4th generation and 7,424 CUDA cores, making it a lot faster than the RTX 3500 Ada Generation. Elsewhere, the graphics card comes with 12 GB of 192-bit wide ECC GDDR6 memory for a very healthy throughput of ~432 GB/s. Error correction can be turned off if desired. The fact that error correction is present here proves that the RTX 4000 is indeed targeted at professional users.
Just like Ampere-based cards, the RTX 4000 makes use of the PCI-Express 4 protocol. 8K SUHD monitors are supported, however DP 1.4a video outputs can potentially prove to be a bottleneck down the line.
Performance
With its power target set to ~130 W, the Ada Generation graphics card delivers a Blender Classroom v3.3 CUDA score of 22 seconds which is a very good result. All 2024 games are playable at 1440p with the highest settings possible on this GPU.
Nvidia's marketing materials mention "up to 33.5 TFLOPS" of performance which is pretty impressive. The RTX 5000 Ada Generation is good for a little over 42 TFLOPS, for reference.
Your mileage may vary depending on how competent the cooling solution of your laptop is and how high the TGP power target of the RTX 4000 is. One other thing worth mentioning is that enabling error correction appears to reduce the amount of video memory that is available to applications and games by up to a gigabyte.
Power consumption
Nvidia no longer divides its laptop graphics cards into Max-Q and non-max-Q models. Instead, laptop makers are free to set the TGP according to their needs, and the range can sometimes be shockingly wide. This is the case with the RTX 4000, as the lowest value recommended for it sits at just 60 W while the highest is more than two times higher at 175 W (this most likely includes Dynamic Boost). The slowest system built around an RTX 4000 Ada can easily be 60% slower than the fastest one. This is the kind of delta that we've already seen on consumer-grade laptops featuring the latest GeForce RTX cards.
Last but not the least, the improved 5 nm process (TSMC 4N) the RTX 4000 Ada is built with makes for very decent energy efficiency, as of mid 2023.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU | NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RTX Ada Generation Laptop GPU Series |
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Codename | GN21-X11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 9728 - unified | 7424 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TMUs | 304 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ROPs | 112 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raytracing Cores | 76 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tensor / AI Cores | 304 | 232 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 2040 (Boost) MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cache | L2: 64 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 20000 effective = 2250 MHz | 16000 effective = 2000 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 16 GB | 12 GB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bandwidth | 576 GB/s | 432 GB/s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 12 Ultimate, Shader 6.7, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.3 | DirectX 12 Ultimate, Shader 6.7, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP) | 150 Watt (60 - 150 Watt TGP) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transistors | 76.3 Billion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 5 nm | 5 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PCIe | 4 x16/x8 | 4.0 x16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Displays | 4 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a | 4 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notebook Size | large | large | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 03.01.2023 | 21.03.2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Link to Manufacturer Page | www.nvidia.com | images.nvidia.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU | RTX A3000 Laptop GPU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Theoretical Performance | 33.6 TFLOPS FP32 |
Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
specvp12 sw-03 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU → 100% n=45
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU → 221% n=45

* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

F1 25
2025
Doom: The Dark Ages
2025
Civilization 7
2025
Monster Hunter Wilds
2025
Stalker 2
2024
Until Dawn
2024
EA Sports FC 25
2024
God of War Ragnarök
2024
Final Fantasy XVI
2024
Space Marine 2
2024
Star Wars Outlaws
2024
Black Myth: Wukong
2024
Once Human
2024
The First Descendant
2024
F1 24
2024
Ghost of Tsushima
2024
Alone in the Dark
2024
Dragon's Dogma 2
2024
Last Epoch
2024
Skull & Bones
2024
Helldivers 2
2024
Enshrouded
2024
Palworld
2024
Ready or Not
2023
The Finals
2023
EA Sports WRC
2023
Alan Wake 2
2023
Lords of the Fallen
2023
Total War Pharaoh
2023
EA Sports FC 24
2023
Counter-Strike 2
2023
Baldur's Gate 3
2023
Lies of P
2023
The Crew Motorfest
2023
Starfield
2023
Armored Core 6
2023
Immortals of Aveum
2023
Atlas Fallen
2023
F1 23
2023
Diablo 4
2023
Dead Island 2
2023
The Last of Us
2023
Company of Heroes 3
2023
Sons of the Forest
2023
Atomic Heart
2023
Returnal
2023
Hogwarts Legacy
2023
Dead Space Remake
2023
The Witcher 3 v4
2023
High On Life
2023
FIFA 23
2022
The Quarry
2022
F1 22
2022
Vampire Bloodhunt
2022
Ghostwire Tokyo
2022
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6
2022
Elex 2
2022
GRID Legends
2022
Elden Ring
2022
Dying Light 2
2022
God of War
2022
Halo Infinite
2021
Battlefield 2042
2021
Forza Horizon 5
2021
Riders Republic
2021
Back 4 Blood
2021
Far Cry 6
2021
F1 2021
2021
Yakuza Like a Dragon
2020
Watch Dogs Legion
2020
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
Death Stranding
2020
F1 2020
2020
Hunt Showdown
2020
Borderlands 3
2019
Control
2019
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
Metro Exodus
2019
Far Cry 5
2018
X-Plane 11.11
2018
Dota 2 Reborn
2015
The Witcher 3
2015
GTA V
2015
Counter-Strike: GO
2012Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU → 85%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 77%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU | NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU | |||||||||||||
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low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |||
F1 25 | 227 | 216 | 203 | 53.8 | 32.4 | 15 | ||||||||
Doom: The Dark Ages | 123.4 | 115 | 105.5 | 95.2 | 73.1 | 39.7 | ||||||||
Assassin's Creed Shadows | 100 | 90 | 77 | 59 | 50 | 34 | ||||||||
Civilization 7 | 161.3 | 154.9 | ||||||||||||
Monster Hunter Wilds | 89.2 | 84.7 | 78 | 67 | 42 | |||||||||
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 | 112.5 | 86.7 | 48.4 | |||||||||||
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | 157.6 | 135.6 | 124 | 97 | 59 | |||||||||
Stalker 2 | 64.2 | 58.6 | 38.9 | |||||||||||
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 | 191 | 181 | 155 | 140 | 107 | 73 | ||||||||
Until Dawn | 125.6 | 120.1 | 104.4 | 90 | 64.3 | 34.9 | ||||||||
EA Sports FC 25 | 247 | 158.7 | 158.4 | 145.6 | 126.9 | |||||||||
God of War Ragnarök | 225 | 201 | 177.7 | 163.3 | 125 | 78 | ||||||||
Final Fantasy XVI | 129.7 | 123.4 | 109.4 | 98.5 | 70 | 40.1 | ||||||||
Space Marine 2 | 80.5 | 75.9 | 73.5 | 71.8 | 69.7 | 51.6 | ||||||||
Star Wars Outlaws | 90.5 | 88.7 | 83 | 76.2 | 60.6 | 32.6 | ||||||||
Black Myth: Wukong | 153 | 117 | 80 | 49 | 40 | 24 | ||||||||
Once Human | 230 | 196.9 | 170.6 | 123 | 67.3 | |||||||||
The First Descendant | 182.8 | 152.7 | 130.6 | 89.4 | 47.9 | |||||||||
F1 24 | 288 | 327 | 288 | 119 | 78 | 40 | ||||||||
Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 | 122 | 101 | 76 | 55 | 28.9 | |||||||||
Ghost of Tsushima | 127.1 | 115.7 | 105.5 | 87.3 | 53.4 | |||||||||
Horizon Forbidden West | 141 | 132 | 104 | 100 | 80 | 45 | ||||||||
Alone in the Dark | 220 | 210 | 206 | 165 | 116 | 37 | ||||||||
Dragon's Dogma 2 | 76.8 | 70.7 | 70.4 | 51 | ||||||||||
Last Epoch | 198.3 | 196 | 188 | 146 | 71.1 | |||||||||
Skull & Bones | 164 | 132 | 135 | 110 | 90 | 60 | ||||||||
Helldivers 2 | 142 | 140 | 140 | 136 | 114 | 66.9 | ||||||||
Enshrouded | 143 | 122 | 104 | 89 | 69 | 37.5 | ||||||||
Palworld | 211 | 176 | 145 | 145 | 115 | 66.5 | ||||||||
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | 356 | 357 | 356 | 356 | 315 | |||||||||
Ready or Not | 289 | 192 | 183 | 179 | 143 | 65.2 | ||||||||
The Finals | 228 | 205 | 195 | 193 | 142 | 67 | ||||||||
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora | 162 | 140 | 123 | 98 | 67 | 34 | ||||||||
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2023 | 236 | 222 | 184 | 175 | 139 | 90 | ||||||||
EA Sports WRC | 124.4 | 126 | 110 | 100 | 67.9 | |||||||||
Alan Wake 2 | 129 | 128 | 118 | 83 | 44 | |||||||||
Lords of the Fallen | 144.7 | 97 | 70 | 47 | 29.1 | |||||||||
Total War Pharaoh | 317 | 228 | 178 | 165 | 96.1 | |||||||||
Assassin's Creed Mirage | 230 | 209 | 199 | 144 | 124 | 78 | ||||||||
EA Sports FC 24 | 219 | 179.3 | 171.3 | 167.6 | 153.2 | |||||||||
Counter-Strike 2 | 240 | 227 | 201 | 173 | 113.5 | |||||||||
Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 Phantom Liberty | 151 | 142 | 132 | 122 | 89 | 41 | 129.3 | 115.1 | 108.4 | 98.3 | 68.5 | |||
Baldur's Gate 3 | 227 | 202 | 186 | 178 | 133 | 72 | 178.3 | 160.6 | 141.6 | 137 | 90.7 | |||
Lies of P | 270 | 229 | 209 | 155 | 91.2 | |||||||||
The Crew Motorfest | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | |||||||||
Starfield | 112.7 | 103 | 87 | 79 | 67 | 46.5 | ||||||||
Armored Core 6 | 116.3 | 113 | 109 | 103 | 92 | |||||||||
Immortals of Aveum | 119.3 | 109 | 98 | 70 | 36.6 | |||||||||
Atlas Fallen | 195.3 | 188 | 176 | 150 | 96.4 | |||||||||
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart | 163.4 | 159 | 136 | 113 | 103 | 67.6 | ||||||||
F1 23 | 265 | 275 | 273 | 120 | 84 | 43 | ||||||||
Diablo 4 | 379 | 374 | 361 | 334 | 232 | 123.5 | ||||||||
Star Wars Jedi Survivor | 152 | 136 | 119 | 117 | 88 | 45 | ||||||||
Dead Island 2 | 226 | 219 | 199 | 194 | 188 | 98 | ||||||||
The Last of Us | 113.7 | 110.8 | 106 | 99 | 79 | 41 | ||||||||
Resident Evil 4 Remake | 218 | 192 | 180 | 140 | 111 | 64 | ||||||||
Company of Heroes 3 | 297 | 272 | 237 | 225 | 186 | 117.4 | ||||||||
Sons of the Forest | 100 | 94 | 91 | 90 | 87 | 72.5 | ||||||||
Atomic Heart | 211 | 174 | 161 | 144 | 112 | 62.7 | ||||||||
Returnal | 173 | 172 | 166 | 147 | 116 | 70 | ||||||||
Hogwarts Legacy | 179 | 152 | 102 | 93 | 78 | 38 | ||||||||
Dead Space Remake | 150 | 146 | 136 | 135 | 103 | 55 | ||||||||
The Witcher 3 v4 | 230 | 172 | 177 | 149 | 105 | 54 | ||||||||
High On Life | 277 | 246 | 211 | 183 | 123 | 54 | ||||||||
The Callisto Protocol | 194 | 177 | 151 | 131 | 105 | 64 | ||||||||
Need for Speed Unbound | 124.2 | 111.8 | 84.3 | |||||||||||
Spider-Man Miles Morales | 134 | 131 | 118 | 110 | 107 | 78 | ||||||||
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 | 204 | 192 | 174 | 168 | 127 | 79 | ||||||||
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | 108.2 | 103.1 | 62.9 | |||||||||||
A Plague Tale Requiem | 87.1 | 87 | 69 | 39 | ||||||||||
FIFA 23 | 183.7 | 182.6 | 162.4 | |||||||||||
The Quarry | 278 | 211 | 177.3 | 146.1 | 100.2 | |||||||||
F1 22 | 308 | 296 | 271 | 125 | 86 | 44 | 275 | 264 | 238 | 95.5 | 65.7 | |||
Vampire Bloodhunt | 290 | 242 | 138.3 | |||||||||||
Ghostwire Tokyo | 237 | 236 | 234 | 231 | 201 | 99 | ||||||||
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 326 | 272 | 210 | 174 | 126 | 68 | 275.4 | 232.6 | 171.4 | 137.1 | 92 | |||
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 151 | 138 | 135 | 124 | 95 | 48 | ||||||||
Elex 2 | 118.2 | 117.1 | 116.2 | 116.2 | 116.7 | |||||||||
GRID Legends | 241 | 220 | 200 | 191 | 184 | 130 | ||||||||
Elden Ring | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | ||||||||
Dying Light 2 | 232 | 201 | 162 | 115 | 59 | |||||||||
Rainbow Six Extraction | 378 | 347 | 346 | 314 | 219 | 112 | ||||||||
God of War | 189 | 188 | 173 | 128 | 108 | 76 | ||||||||
Halo Infinite | 128.9 | 77 | 57.3 | |||||||||||
Battlefield 2042 | 172.6 | 138.9 | 85.4 | |||||||||||
Forza Horizon 5 | 220 | 181 | 174 | 124 | 113 | 95 | ||||||||
Riders Republic | 209 | 200 | 185 | 179 | 146 | |||||||||
Guardians of the Galaxy | 163 | 160 | 158 | 152 | 141 | |||||||||
Back 4 Blood | 403 | 309 | 309 | 327 | ||||||||||
Far Cry 6 | 175.7 | 161 | 137 | 125 | 117 | 80 | ||||||||
F1 2021 | 512 | 444 | 358 | 199 | 172 | 106 | ||||||||
Yakuza Like a Dragon | 179.7 | 167.7 | 166.6 | 152.3 | 138.1 | |||||||||
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 175 | 153 | 124 | 75 | ||||||||||
Watch Dogs Legion | 152 | 144 | 131 | 116 | 104 | 66 | ||||||||
Mafia Definitive Edition | 219 | 189 | 183 | 165 | 92 | |||||||||
Flight Simulator 2020 | 74 | 74 | 51.2 | |||||||||||
Horizon Zero Dawn | 197 | 189 | 174 | 159 | 150 | 94 | ||||||||
Death Stranding | 179 | 171.4 | 166.6 | 163 | 162.1 | |||||||||
F1 2020 | 413 | 354 | 344 | 305 | 253 | 148.7 | ||||||||
Valorant | 485 | |||||||||||||
Hunt Showdown | 367 | 285 | 262 | 168 | ||||||||||
Borderlands 3 | 231 | 209 | 188 | 163 | 126 | 72 | ||||||||
Control | 240 | 232 | 185 | 122 | 63 | |||||||||
Far Cry New Dawn | 170 | 148 | 145 | 131 | 128 | 102 | ||||||||
Metro Exodus | 211 | 184 | 154 | 131 | 115 | 79 | ||||||||
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 246 | 223 | 212 | 197 | 167 | 97 | ||||||||
Strange Brigade | 498 | 401 | 378 | 357 | 288 | 156 | 452 | 372 | 323 | 292 | 210 | |||
Far Cry 5 | 194 | 176 | 166 | 153 | 149 | 103 | 168 | 148 | 138 | 128 | 125 | |||
X-Plane 11.11 | 192 | 168 | 131 | 112 | 166.8 | 144 | 113.1 | |||||||
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 220 | 205 | 173 | 147 | 89 | 207 | 185.3 | 150 | 119.5 | |||||
Deus Ex Mankind Divided | 169 | |||||||||||||
Dota 2 Reborn | 223 | 199 | 190 | 176 | 168 | 215.4 | 189.7 | 185.2 | 164.4 | |||||
The Witcher 3 | 575 | 498 | 380 | 198 | 162 | 144 | ||||||||
GTA V | 187 | 186 | 182 | 139 | 134 | 158 | 185.8 | 183.9 | 179.4 | 125.6 | 118.7 | |||
Counter-Strike: GO | 516 | 314 | ||||||||||||
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU | NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU | |||||||||||||
low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 11 74 | 14 82 | 26 76 | 3 32 68 | 6 56 50 | 4 35 52 13 | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 10 | 1 9 | 2 8 | 2 6 | 6 2 | |
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