RTX A500 vs UHD Graphics

Place in the ranking	601	308
Place by popularity	7	not in top-100
Power efficiency	38.79	20.31
Architecture	Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Jasper Lake GT1	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)	10 November 2021 (3 years ago)

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	256	2048
Core clock speed	350 MHz	1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	750 MHz	1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm+	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.00	113.3
Floating-point processing power	0.384 TFLOPS	7.25 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	16	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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).

Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	112.0 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

UHD Graphics 5.58

RTX A500 17.53
+214%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

UHD Graphics 2151

RTX A500 6764
+214%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.58	17.53
Recency	11 January 2021	10 November 2021
Chip lithography	10 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	60 Watt

UHD Graphics has 500% lower power consumption.

RTX A500, on the other hand, has a 214.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A500 is our recommended choice as it beats the UHD Graphics in performance tests.

Be aware that UHD Graphics is a notebook card while RTX A500 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.