RTX A500 vs GeForce FX 5500

Place in the ranking	1487	308
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	20.39
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	NV34 B1	GA107
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	17 March 2004 (20 years ago)	10 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$36.99	no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	no data	2048
Core clock speed	270 MHz	1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	45 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	1.080	113.3
Floating-point processing power	no data	7.25 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	32
TMUs	4	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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	AGP 8x	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	152 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	64 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	166 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	5.312 GB/s	112.0 GB/s

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 Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	9.0a	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX 5500 0.02

RTX A500 17.55
+87650%

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.

FX 5500 8

RTX A500 6771
+84538%

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	0.02	17.55
Recency	17 March 2004	10 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	150 nm	8 nm

RTX A500 has a 87650% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 17 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A500 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce FX 5500 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5500 is a desktop card while RTX A500 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.