RTX A5000 vs Radeon R5 M250
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 53 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 18.39 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Jet | GA102 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | no data | 12 April 2021 (4 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 | 320 | 8192 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 1170 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 700 MHz | 1695 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 690 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 230 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 14.00 | 433.9 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.448 TFLOPS | 27.77 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 96 |
| TMUs | 20 | 256 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 256 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 64 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 8 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 6 MB |
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 3.0 x8 | 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 | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MBps | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 768.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 (5.1) | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 (1.2) | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.170 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 8 nm |
RTX A5000 has a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 M250 and RTX A5000. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R5 M250 is a desktop graphics card while RTX A5000 is a workstation one.
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