RTX A4000 vs Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) with RTX A4000, including specs and performance data.

R5 (Bristol Ridge)
2016
12 Watt
2.45

RTX A4000 outperforms R5 (Bristol Ridge) by a whopping 1951% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking80154
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data13.24
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameBristol RidgeGA104
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price$53 $1112

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3846144
Boost clock speed800 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors3100 Million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-45 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rateno data299.5

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) and RTX A4000 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data14 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 Connectorsno data4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.3
CUDAno data8.6

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 HD13
−1900%
260−270
+1900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 5−6

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 4−5
Battlefield 5 0−1 3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 6−7
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 5−6
Far Cry 5 0−1 4
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 6−7
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 11
Hitman 3 0−1 5−6
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 16−18
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 14−16

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 4−5
Battlefield 5 0−1 3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 6−7
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 5−6
Far Cry 5 0−1 4−5
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 6−7
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 10−11
Hitman 3 0−1 5−6
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 16−18
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 5−6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 10−12
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 6
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 14−16

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 4−5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 6−7
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 5−6
Far Cry 5 0−1 4−5
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 10−11
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 16−18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 10−12
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 6−7
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 14−16

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 5−6

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 4−5
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 3−4

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 2−3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 5−6
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 0−1 4−5
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 3−4
Hitman 3 0−1 8−9
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 7−8
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 2−3
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 6−7

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 2−3

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 2−3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 0−1 1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 2−3
Metro Exodus 0−1 5−6
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 4−5

This is how R5 (Bristol Ridge) and RTX A4000 compete in popular games:

  • RTX A4000 is 1900% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.45 50.24
Recency 1 June 2016 12 April 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 140 Watt

The RTX A4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) is a notebook card while RTX A4000 is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)
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