RTX A5500 vs ATI Radeon X800
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon X800 with RTX A5500, including specs and performance data.
RTX A5500 outperforms X800 by a whopping 25335% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1466 | 67 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.52 | 17.11 |
| Architecture | R400 (2004−2008) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | R430 | GA102 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 October 2004 (21 years ago) | 22 March 2022 (4 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 | no data | 10240 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 1080 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1665 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 160 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 230 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.800 | 532.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 34.1 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 12 | 96 |
| TMUs | 12 | 320 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 320 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 80 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 10 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 6 MB |
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 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |
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 | DDR | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 350 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB/s | 768.0 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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0b (9_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.20 | 50.87 |
| Recency | 1 October 2004 | 22 March 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 110 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 230 Watt |
ATI X800 has 667% lower power consumption.
RTX A5500, on the other hand, has a 25335% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 17 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1275% more advanced lithography process.
The RTX A5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X800 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon X800 is a desktop graphics card while RTX A5500 is a workstation one.
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