RTX A5000 Mobile vs Radeon RX 560 896SP

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	96
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Polaris 21	GA104
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	4 July 2017 (6 years old)	12 April 2021 (3 years old)

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	896	6144
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	1215 MHz
Boost clock speed	1175 MHz	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	165 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	65.80	302.4
Floating-point performance	2,106 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 560 896SP and RTX A5000 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	170 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	no data	8.6

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	4 July 2017	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	165 Watt

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