RTX A5500 vs GeForce GT 545 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated44
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data16.99
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF116GA102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date14 May 2011 (13 years ago)22 March 2022 (2 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 cores14410240
Core clock speed871 MHz1080 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1665 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate20.90532.8
Floating-point processing power0.5014 TFLOPS34.1 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs24320
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length210 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB24 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s768.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2011 22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 230 Watt

GT 545 OEM has 119% lower power consumption.

RTX A5500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 545 OEM and RTX A5500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 545 OEM is a desktop card while RTX A5500 is a workstation one.


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