RTX A5500 Mobile vs Riva 128ZX

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated100
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataAmpere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameNV3GA103S
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date23 February 1998 (26 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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 coresno data7424
Core clock speed100 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1500 MHz
Number of transistors4 million22,000 million
Manufacturing process technology350 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data165 Watt (80 - 165 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate0.1365.4

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Riva 128ZX and RTX A5500 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfaceAGP 2xPCIe 4.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeSDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed100 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth1.6 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

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 VGANo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX5.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL1.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDAno data8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 February 1998 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 350 nm 8 nm

We couldn't decide between Riva 128ZX and RTX A5500 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Riva 128ZX is a desktop card while RTX A5500 Mobile is a notebook one.


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