RTX A5500 vs Quadro RTX 6000 Passive

Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU102GA102
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date13 August 2018 (6 years ago)22 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,299 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 cores460810240
Boost clock speed1560 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)260 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate449.3532.8
Floating-point processing power14.38 gflopsno data
ROPs9696
TMUs288320

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB24 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth672.0 GB/s768.0 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 August 2018 22 March 2022
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 260 Watt 230 Watt

RTX A5500 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 13% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 6000 Passive and RTX A5500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 6000 Passive is a workstation graphics card while RTX A5500 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 Passive
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