GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile vs RTX A5500
Aggregate performance score
We've compared RTX A5500 with GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile, including specs and performance data.
RTX A5500 outperforms RTX 5060 Mobile by a significant 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 65 | 101 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 16.66 | 68.19 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2024) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | GA102 | GB206 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 22 March 2022 (3 years ago) | 20 May 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 | 10240 | 3328 |
| Core clock speed | 1080 MHz | 952 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1665 MHz | 1455 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 28,300 million | 21,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 230 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 532.8 | 151.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | 34.1 TFLOPS | 9.684 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 96 | 48 |
| TMUs | 320 | 104 |
| Tensor Cores | 320 | 104 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 80 | 26 |
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 | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 768.0 GB/s | 384.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
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 | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a | Portable Device Dependent |
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 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 12.0 |
| DLSS | + | + |
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.
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.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 53.02 | 43.01 |
| Recency | 22 March 2022 | 20 May 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 230 Watt | 45 Watt |
RTX A5500 has a 23.3% higher aggregate performance score, and a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RTX 5060 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 411.1% lower power consumption.
The RTX A5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile in performance tests.
Be aware that RTX A5500 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile is a notebook one.
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