RTX A5500 Mobile vs Quadro T1200 Mobile

Place in the ranking	287	78
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	TU117	GA103
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)	22 March 2022 (2 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	1024	7424
Core clock speed	855 MHz	975 MHz
Boost clock speed	1425 MHz	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	4,700 million	22,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	165 Watt
Texture fill rate	91.20	348.0
Floating-point processing power	2.918 TFLOPS	22.27 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	96
TMUs	64	232
Tensor Cores	no data	232
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	58

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	medium sized	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	512.0 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	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.3
CUDA	7.5	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.

T1200 Mobile 19.30

RTX A5500 Mobile 44.99
+133%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

T1200 Mobile 14387

RTX A5500 Mobile 35376
+146%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

T1200 Mobile 10134

RTX A5500 Mobile 26260
+159%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

T1200 Mobile 50827

RTX A5500 Mobile 104565
+106%

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	58 −116%	125 +116%
1440p	33 −121%	73 +121%
4K	81 +55.8%	52 −55.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

−303%

129
+303%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −90.9%	80−85 +90.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	47 −44.7%	65−70 +44.7%
Battlefield 5	65−70 −96.9%	120−130 +96.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −100%	80−85 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −256%	114 +256%
Far Cry 5	65 −32.3%	85−90 +32.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −84.9%	95−100 +84.9%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −56.1%	190−200 +56.1%
Hitman 3	35−40 −118%	85−90 +118%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60 −175%	160−170 +175%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −73.6%	90−95 +73.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	59 −146%	140−150 +146%
Watch Dogs: Legion	54 −139%	120−130 +139%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −90.9%	80−85 +90.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	28 −143%	65−70 +143%
Battlefield 5	65−70 −96.9%	120−130 +96.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −100%	80−85 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −175%	88 +175%
Far Cry 5	59 −45.8%	85−90 +45.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −84.9%	95−100 +84.9%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −56.1%	190−200 +56.1%
Hitman 3	35−40 −118%	85−90 +118%
Horizon Zero Dawn	47 −251%	160−170 +251%
Metro Exodus	65−70 −84.1%	120−130 +84.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −73.6%	90−95 +73.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	44 −355%	200 +355%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	71 −15.5%	80−85 +15.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	47 −174%	120−130 +174%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −90.9%	80−85 +90.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21 −224%	65−70 +224%
Battlefield 5	65−70 −131%	150−160 +131%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −138%	76 +138%
Far Cry 5	56 −53.6%	85−90 +53.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −126%	120−130 +126%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −56.1%	190−200 +56.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	37 −176%	102 +176%
Watch Dogs: Legion	19 −305%	77 +305%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −127%	50−55 +127%
Hitman 3	21−24 −117%	50−55 +117%
Horizon Zero Dawn	32 −119%	70−75 +119%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −130%	85−90 +130%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −127%	75−80 +127%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −132%	95−100 +132%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −117%	50−55 +117%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22 −115%	40−45 +115%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18 −144%	40−45 +144%
Battlefield 5	35−40 −124%	85−90 +124%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −275%	45 +275%
Far Cry 5	41 −12.2%	45−50 +12.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 −117%	65−70 +117%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −100%	220−230 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12 −1508%	190−200 +1508%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −118%	24−27 +118%
Hitman 3	14−16 −113%	30−35 +113%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 −77.7%	180−190 +77.7%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −143%	50−55 +143%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −106%	35−40 +106%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −127%	50−55 +127%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 −215%	63 +215%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −125%	27−30 +125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −150%	24−27 +150%
Battlefield 5	20−22 −125%	45−50 +125%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −350%	18 +350%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −109%	21−24 +109%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −100%	30−33 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −104%	55−60 +104%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −275%	30 +275%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Metro Exodus

120−130

+0%

120−130

+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Hitman 3	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	178 +0%	178 +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

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Hitman 3	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	129 +0%	129 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

65−70

+0%

65−70

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	68 +0%	68 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

+0%

35−40

+0%

This is how T1200 Mobile and RTX A5500 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX A5500 Mobile is 116% faster in 1080p
RTX A5500 Mobile is 121% faster in 1440p
T1200 Mobile is 56% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX A5500 Mobile is 1508% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX A5500 Mobile is ahead in 52 tests (72%)
there's a draw in 20 tests (28%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	19.30	44.99
Recency	12 April 2021	22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	165 Watt

T1200 Mobile has 816.7% lower power consumption.

RTX A5500 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 133.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 months, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A5500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro T1200 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro T1200 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while RTX A5500 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.