NVIDIA RTX A500: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started RTX A500 sales 10 November 2021. This is a desktop graphics card based on an Ampere architecture and made with 8 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 4 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 GB/s are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 112.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x8 interface. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 60 Watt.
We have no data on RTX A500 benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about RTX A500: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2022) | |
| GPU code name | GA107 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 10 November 2021 (2 years old) | |
| Current price | $1699 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Technical specs
RTX A500's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of RTX A500's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2048 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1770 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 113.3 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of RTX A500 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on RTX A500: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 14 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 112.0 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on RTX A500. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by RTX A500, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | |
| CUDA | 8.6 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of RTX A500. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to RTX A500 is Radeon RX 5600 XT.
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with RTX A500 according to our statistics.
