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NVIDIA A2 vs AMD Radeon RX 5500
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 224 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 10.15 | no data |
Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | Ampere (2020−2022) |
GPU code name | Navi 14 | GA107 |
Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Release date | 7 October 2019 (4 years old) | 10 November 2021 (2 years old) |
Current price | $444 | $55 |
Technical specs
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 cores | 1408 | 1280 |
Boost clock speed | 1845 MHz | 1770 MHz |
Number of transistors | 6,400 million | no data |
Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 8 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 60 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 162.4 | 70.80 |
Size and 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 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
Length | 180 mm | no data |
Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | None |
Memory
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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 16 GB |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz | 12.5 GB/s |
Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 200.1 GB/s |
Video outputs and ports
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 | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
HDMI | + | no data |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
Shader Model | no data | 6.6 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
Vulkan | no data | 1.2 |
CUDA | no data | 8.6 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 9%
Radeon RX 5500 outperforms A2 by 22% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.
GeekBench 5 Vulkan
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
A2 outperforms Radeon RX 5500 by 20% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.
Advantages and disadvantages
Recency | 7 October 2019 | 10 November 2021 |
Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 16 GB |
Chip lithography | 7 nm | 8 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 60 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5500 and A2. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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