RTX A5000 Mobile vs Radeon RX 560D
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 127 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 20.16 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Polaris 21 | GA104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 4 July 2017 (8 years ago) | 12 April 2021 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $99 | no data |
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 | 896 | 6144 |
| Core clock speed | 1090 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1175 MHz | 1575 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 65.80 | 302.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.106 TFLOPS | 19.35 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 96 |
| TMUs | 56 | 192 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 192 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 48 |
| L1 Cache | 224 KB | 6 MB |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 4 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).
| 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 |
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 | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| 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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Portable Device Dependent |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 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 | 4 July 2017 | 12 April 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 150 Watt |
RX 560D has 131% lower power consumption.
RTX A5000 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 560D and RTX A5000 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 560D is a desktop graphics card while RTX A5000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
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