RTX A4500 Mobile vs GeForce FX 5500

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameNV34 B1GA104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 March 2004 (20 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$36.99 no data
Current price$135 (3.6x MSRP)no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data5888
Core clock speed270 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1500 MHz
Number of transistors45 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data140 Watt (80 - 140 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate1.080223.6

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce FX 5500 and RTX A4500 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Length152 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount64 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed332 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth5.312 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0a12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDAno data8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2004 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 8 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5500 and RTX A4500 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5500 is a desktop card while RTX A4500 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
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