RTX A400 vs Radeon R5 A220

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameCaicosGA107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2014 (10 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores160768
Core clock speed775 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1762 MHz
Number of transistors370 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate6.20042.29

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length168 mm163 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MBps12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s96 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDAno data8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 50 Watt

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AMD Radeon R5 A220
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