Arc Pro B50 vs RTX A5500 Max-Q
Contents
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) | Xe2 (2024) |
| GPU code name | GA103 | BMG-G21 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 22 March 2022 (3 years ago) | 5 September 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $349 |
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 | 7424 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 585 MHz | 1700 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1260 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 22,000 million | 19,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 70 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 292.3 | 332.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 18.71 TFLOPS | 10.65 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 96 | 16 |
| TMUs | 232 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores | 232 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 58 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 7.3 MB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 4 MB |
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 x8 |
| Length | no data | 167 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 224.0 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 | Portable Device Dependent | 4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1 |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 March 2022 | 5 September 2025 |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 70 Watt |
Arc Pro B50 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 14.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between RTX A5500 Max-Q and Arc Pro B50. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that RTX A5500 Max-Q is a mobile workstation graphics card while Arc Pro B50 is a workstation one.
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