RTX A5500 vs Radeon RX 5300 XT
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 67 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 16.74 |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Navi 14 | GA102 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 7 October 2019 (5 years ago) | 22 March 2022 (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 | 1024 | 10240 |
| Core clock speed | 1670 MHz | 1080 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1845 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,400 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 230 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 118.1 | 532.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.779 TFLOPS | 34.1 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 96 |
| TMUs | 64 | 320 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 320 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 80 |
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 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 112.0 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 | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 October 2019 | 22 March 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 230 Watt |
RX 5300 XT has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 53.3% lower power consumption.
RTX A5500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5300 XT and RTX A5500. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 5300 XT is a desktop graphics card while RTX A5500 is a workstation one.
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