RTX A5000 vs Radeon R5 (Carrizo)

Place in the ranking	912	36
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.64	17.84
Architecture	GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Carrizo	GA102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	4 June 2015 (9 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 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	256	8192
Core clock speed	no data	1170 MHz
Boost clock speed	800 MHz	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	2410 Million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	230 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	433.9
Floating-point processing power	no data	27.77 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	96
TMUs	no data	256
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	64

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	medium sized	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-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 type	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	24 GB
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	768.0 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

no data

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5
−2900%

120−130

+2900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −3043%	220−230 +3043%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −3100%	160−170 +3100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2900%	120−130 +2900%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −3067%	95−100 +3067%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −3100%	160−170 +3100%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −3043%	220−230 +3043%
Hitman 3	6−7 −3067%	190−200 +3067%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −2841%	500−550 +2841%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2900%	120−130 +2900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −3011%	280−290 +3011%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −3043%	1100−1150 +3043%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −3043%	220−230 +3043%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −3100%	160−170 +3100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2900%	120−130 +2900%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −3067%	95−100 +3067%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −3100%	160−170 +3100%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −3043%	220−230 +3043%
Hitman 3	6−7 −3067%	190−200 +3067%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −2841%	500−550 +2841%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2900%	120−130 +2900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −3011%	280−290 +3011%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −2817%	350−400 +2817%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −3043%	1100−1150 +3043%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −3043%	220−230 +3043%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −3100%	160−170 +3100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2900%	120−130 +2900%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −3067%	95−100 +3067%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −3043%	220−230 +3043%
Hitman 3	6−7 −3067%	190−200 +3067%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −2841%	500−550 +2841%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −3011%	280−290 +3011%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −2817%	350−400 +2817%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −3043%	1100−1150 +3043%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
−2900%

120−130

+2900%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −2900%	60−65 +2900%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −3067%	95−100 +3067%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2900%	60−65 +2900%
Hitman 3	7−8 −3043%	220−230 +3043%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −3100%	160−170 +3100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −2900%	300−310 +2900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
−3100%

160−170

+3100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−2900%

30−33
+2900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −2900%	60−65 +2900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−3067%

95−100
+3067%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.84	59.24
Recency	4 June 2015	12 April 2021
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	230 Watt

R5 (Carrizo) has 1816.7% lower power consumption.

RTX A5000, on the other hand, has a 3119.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Carrizo) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 (Carrizo) is a notebook card while RTX A5000 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.