RTX A5000 Mobile vs GeForce GT 220M

Place in the ranking	1312	95
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.54	19.43
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	G96C	GA104
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	15 June 2009 (15 years ago)	12 April 2021 (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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	32	6144
Core clock speed	500 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1575 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.000	302.4
Floating-point processing power	0.08 TFLOPS	19.35 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	96
TMUs	16	192
Tensor Cores	no data	192
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	48

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 4.0 x16

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	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.7
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	1.1	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.

GT 220M 0.31

RTX A5000 Mobile 41.80
+13384%

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.

GT 220M 121

RTX A5000 Mobile 16125
+13226%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	0−1	112
1440p	0−1	70
4K	-0−1	51

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−3400%

70−75
+3400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2700%	80−85 +2700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3900%	80−85 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −3400%	70−75 +3400%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2025%	85−90 +2025%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1963%	160−170 +1963%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −3550%	140−150 +3550%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −361%	120−130 +361%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2700%	80−85 +2700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3900%	80−85 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −3400%	70−75 +3400%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2025%	85−90 +2025%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1963%	160−170 +1963%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −4700%	192 +4700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −811%	80−85 +811%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −361%	120−130 +361%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2700%	80−85 +2700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3900%	80−85 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −3400%	70−75 +3400%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2025%	85−90 +2025%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1563%	133 +1563%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −3900%	160 +3900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −900%	90 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −60.7%	45 +60.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	30−35
Hitman 3	6−7 −767%	50−55 +767%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −4250%	85−90 +4250%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−3300%

65−70
+3300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	29

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1650%

35−40
+1650%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	76 +0%	76 +0%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	64 +0%	64 +0%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55 +0%	55 +0%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

90−95

+0%

90−95

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	44 +0%	44 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	62 +0%	62 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	129 +0%	129 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Hitman 3	38 +0%	38 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	58 +0%	58 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75 +0%	75 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	26 +0%	26 +0%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX A5000 Mobile is 4700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX A5000 Mobile is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.31	41.80
Recency	15 June 2009	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	16 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	150 Watt

GT 220M has 971.4% lower power consumption.

RTX A5000 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 13383.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 587.5% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A5000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 220M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 220M is a notebook graphics card while RTX A5000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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