RTX A500 Mobile vs RTX A5500 Mobile

Place in the ranking	76	319
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	18.93	20.04
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GA103	GA107S
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	22 March 2022 (2 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	7424	2048
Core clock speed	975 MHz	832 MHz
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	1537 MHz
Number of transistors	22,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	348.0	98.37
Floating-point processing power	22.27 TFLOPS	6.296 TFLOPS
ROPs	96	48
TMUs	232	64
Tensor Cores	232	64
Ray Tracing Cores	58	16

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	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 4.0 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	16 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	96 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

Portable Device Dependent

No outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	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.

RTX A5500 Mobile 42.37
+160%

RTX A500 Mobile 16.31

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

RTX A5500 Mobile 17463
+160%

RTX A500 Mobile 6723

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.

RTX A5500 Mobile 35376
+227%

RTX A500 Mobile 10818

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.

RTX A5500 Mobile 26260
+246%

RTX A500 Mobile 7598

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.

RTX A5500 Mobile 104565
+116%

RTX A500 Mobile 48496

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX A5500 Mobile 9568
+220%

RTX A500 Mobile 2995

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	124 +182%	44 −182%
1440p	81 +200%	27 −200%
4K	56 +1300%	4 −1300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	95−100 +136%	42 −136%
Cyberpunk 2077	129 +269%	35−40 −269%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +100%	55−60 −100%
Counter-Strike 2	95−100 +209%	32 −209%
Cyberpunk 2077	57 +62.9%	35−40 −62.9%
Forza Horizon 4	244 +221%	76 −221%
Forza Horizon 5	110−120 +145%	45−50 −145%
Metro Exodus	100−110 +119%	45−50 −119%
Red Dead Redemption 2	85−90 +110%	40−45 −110%
Valorant	180−190 +161%	70−75 −161%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +100%	55−60 −100%
Counter-Strike 2	95−100 +313%	24 −313%
Cyberpunk 2077	44 +25.7%	35−40 −25.7%
Dota 2	151 +243%	44 −243%
Far Cry 5	108 +38.5%	78 −38.5%
Fortnite	190−200 +100%	95−100 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	200 +223%	62 −223%
Forza Horizon 5	110−120 +145%	45−50 −145%
Grand Theft Auto V	145 +120%	66 −120%
Metro Exodus	38 −26.3%	45−50 +26.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	210−220 +72.1%	120−130 −72.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	85−90 +110%	40−45 −110%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	160−170 +206%	50−55 −206%
Valorant	180−190 +161%	70−75 −161%
World of Tanks	270−280 +30.4%	210−220 −30.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	110−120 +100%	55−60 −100%
Counter-Strike 2	95−100 +395%	20 −395%
Cyberpunk 2077	38 +8.6%	35−40 −8.6%
Dota 2	155 +146%	60−65 −146%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +75%	60−65 −75%
Forza Horizon 4	178 +230%	54 −230%
Forza Horizon 5	110−120 +145%	45−50 −145%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	210−220 +72.1%	120−130 −72.1%
Valorant	180−190 +161%	70−75 −161%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	99 +230%	30 −230%
Grand Theft Auto V	99 +230%	30 −230%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +8%	160−170 −8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +194%	16−18 −194%
World of Tanks	280−290 +140%	120−130 −140%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 +119%	35−40 −119%
Cyberpunk 2077	23 +64.3%	14−16 −64.3%
Far Cry 5	140−150 +222%	45−50 −222%
Forza Horizon 4	129 +231%	39 −231%
Forza Horizon 5	75−80 +175%	27−30 −175%
Metro Exodus	95−100 +144%	35−40 −144%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85 +250%	24−27 −250%
Valorant	150−160 +248%	40−45 −248%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +133%	9−10 −133%
Dota 2	97 +223%	30−33 −223%
Grand Theft Auto V	97 +223%	30−33 −223%
Metro Exodus	31 +138%	12−14 −138%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	150−160 +190%	50−55 −190%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +182%	10−12 −182%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	97 +223%	30−33 −223%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +224%	16−18 −224%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +950%	2 −950%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 +80%	5−6 −80%
Dota 2	132 +340%	30−33 −340%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +223%	21−24 −223%
Fortnite	65−70 +245%	20−22 −245%
Forza Horizon 4	68 +162%	24−27 −162%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +221%	14−16 −221%
Valorant	80−85 +310%	20−22 −310%

This is how RTX A5500 Mobile and RTX A500 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX A5500 Mobile is 182% faster in 1080p
RTX A5500 Mobile is 200% faster in 1440p
RTX A5500 Mobile is 1300% faster in 4K

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

in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX A5500 Mobile is 950% faster.
in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX A500 Mobile is 26% faster.

All in all, in popular games: