RTX A500 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 880M

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	422	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.92	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	N15E-GX-A2	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 March 2014 (10 years ago)	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price	$1544	no data

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

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 cores	1536	2048
CUDA cores	1536	no data
Core clock speed	954 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	1537 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	127.1	98.37
Floating-point performance	3,050 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 880M and RTX A500 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	no data

Memory

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2500 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	96 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

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	No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200	no data
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP content protection	+	no data
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	+	no data
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	+	no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	12 March 2014	30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	60 Watt

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