RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Embedded vs RTX A5000 Max-Q
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | GA104 | AD103 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 April 2021 (5 years ago) | 21 March 2023 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 6144 | 9728 |
| Core clock speed | 720 MHz | 1425 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1350 MHz | 2115 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 17,400 million | 45,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 259.2 | 643.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 16.59 TFLOPS | 41.15 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 96 | 112 |
| TMUs | 192 | 304 |
| Tensor Cores | 192 | 304 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 48 | 76 |
| L1 Cache | 6 MB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 384.0 GB/s | 576.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 8.9 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 April 2021 | 21 March 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 120 Watt |
RTX A5000 Max-Q has 50% lower power consumption.
RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Embedded, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between RTX A5000 Max-Q and RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Embedded. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that RTX A5000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation graphics card while RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Embedded is a mobile workstation one.
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