RTX A500 Mobile vs GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile with RTX A500 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RTX 2060 Mobile
2019
6 GB GDDR6, 115 Watt
30.41
+73.2%

RTX 2060 Mobile outperforms RTX A500 Mobile by an impressive 73% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking185311
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency18.1320.06
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU106GA107S
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date29 January 2019 (5 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 cores19202048
Core clock speed960 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz1537 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate144.098.37
Floating-point processing power4.608 TFLOPS6.296 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs12064
Tensor Cores24064
Ray Tracing Cores3016

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s96 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

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.

RTX 2060 Mobile 30.41
+73.2%
RTX A500 Mobile 17.56

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 2060 Mobile 21262
+96.5%
RTX A500 Mobile 10818

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 2060 Mobile 57644
+40.9%
RTX A500 Mobile 40923

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 2060 Mobile 16331
+115%
RTX A500 Mobile 7598

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2060 Mobile 99179
+105%
RTX A500 Mobile 48496

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 2060 Mobile 6141
+105%
RTX A500 Mobile 2995

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD104
+142%
43
−142%
1440p67
+168%
25
−168%
4K38
+81%
21−24
−81%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+104%
24−27
−104%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 91
+160%
35−40
−160%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 71
+184%
24−27
−184%
Battlefield 5 119
+133%
50−55
−133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 88
+184%
30−35
−184%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+104%
24−27
−104%
Far Cry 5 105
+192%
35−40
−192%
Far Cry New Dawn 110
+162%
40−45
−162%
Forza Horizon 4 366
+266%
100−105
−266%
Hitman 3 83
+177%
30−33
−177%
Horizon Zero Dawn 223
+186%
75−80
−186%
Metro Exodus 130
+145%
50−55
−145%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100
+133%
40−45
−133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 148
+190%
50−55
−190%
Watch Dogs: Legion 227
+184%
80−85
−184%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 107
+206%
35−40
−206%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 56
+124%
24−27
−124%
Battlefield 5 105
+106%
50−55
−106%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 79
+155%
30−35
−155%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+104%
24−27
−104%
Far Cry 5 85
+136%
35−40
−136%
Far Cry New Dawn 82
+95.2%
40−45
−95.2%
Forza Horizon 4 280
+180%
100−105
−180%
Hitman 3 75
+150%
30−33
−150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 196
+151%
75−80
−151%
Metro Exodus 112
+111%
50−55
−111%
Red Dead Redemption 2 75
+74.4%
40−45
−74.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 123
+98.4%
62
−98.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+67.6%
35−40
−67.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 190
+138%
80−85
−138%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50
+42.9%
35−40
−42.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 48
+92%
24−27
−92%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 58
+87.1%
30−35
−87.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+104%
24−27
−104%
Far Cry 5 62
+72.2%
35−40
−72.2%
Forza Horizon 4 88
−13.6%
100−105
+13.6%
Hitman 3 66
+120%
30−33
−120%
Horizon Zero Dawn 94
+20.5%
75−80
−20.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 107
+98.1%
54
−98.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60
+107%
29
−107%
Watch Dogs: Legion 38
−111%
80−85
+111%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 79
+83.7%
40−45
−83.7%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 65
+117%
30−33
−117%
Far Cry New Dawn 54
+125%
24−27
−125%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40
+150%
16−18
−150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 38
+192%
12−14
−192%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 42
+147%
16−18
−147%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+150%
8−9
−150%
Far Cry 5 42
+133%
18−20
−133%
Forza Horizon 4 246
+200%
80−85
−200%
Hitman 3 46
+156%
18−20
−156%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70
+119%
30−35
−119%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+107%
27−30
−107%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+71.8%
39
−71.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+124%
16−18
−124%
Watch Dogs: Legion 210
+121%
95−100
−121%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 62
+148%
24−27
−148%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 32
+113%
14−16
−113%
Far Cry New Dawn 30
+173%
10−12
−173%
Hitman 3 28
+155%
10−12
−155%
Horizon Zero Dawn 86
+10.3%
75−80
−10.3%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+133%
14−16
−133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 39
+160%
14−16
−160%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 25
+178%
9−10
−178%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 22
+214%
7−8
−214%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20
+150%
8−9
−150%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Far Cry 5 21
+163%
8−9
−163%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+90.5%
21−24
−90.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+153%
14−16
−153%
Watch Dogs: Legion 15
+150%
6−7
−150%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30
+114%
14−16
−114%

This is how RTX 2060 Mobile and RTX A500 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2060 Mobile is 142% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2060 Mobile is 168% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2060 Mobile is 81% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2060 Mobile is 266% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX A500 Mobile is 111% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2060 Mobile is ahead in 70 tests (97%)
  • RTX A500 Mobile is ahead in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 30.41 17.56
Recency 29 January 2019 22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 60 Watt

RTX 2060 Mobile has a 73.2% higher aggregate performance score, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX A500 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 91.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX A500 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while RTX A500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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