NVIDIA A2 vs AMD Radeon RX 5500

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking224not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money10.15no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameNavi 14GA107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 October 2019 (4 years old)10 November 2021 (2 years old)
Current price$444 $55
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores14081280
Boost clock speed1845 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate162.470.80

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length180 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz12.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s200.1 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.2
CUDAno data8.6

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%

RX 5500 43129
+22.4%
A2 35223

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%

RX 5500 28910
A2 34563
+19.6%

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.


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