GB10 vs RTX A5000-12Q

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2025)	Blackwell (2024−2025)
GPU code name	GA102	GB10
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	12 April 2021 (4 years ago)	27 August 2025 (recently)

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	8192	6144
Core clock speed	1170 MHz	1665 MHz
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	2525 MHz
Number of transistors	28,300 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	230 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	433.9	969.6
Floating-point processing power	27.77 TFLOPS	31.03 TFLOPS
ROPs	96	48
TMUs	256	384
Tensor Cores	256	384
Ray Tracing Cores	64	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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	267 mm	150 mm
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None

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	LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	128 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1067 MHz
Memory bandwidth	768.0 GB/s	273.2 GB/s
Resizable BAR	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	N/A
Shader Model	6.7	N/A
OpenGL	4.6	N/A
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	N/A
CUDA	8.6	10.1
DLSS	+	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 April 2021	27 August 2025
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	128 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	3 nm

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