RTX A5000 vs Jetson Xavier NX GPU
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 36 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 17.90 |
| Architecture | Volta (2017−2020) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | GV10B | GA102 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 14 May 2020 (4 years ago) | 12 April 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | 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 | 384 | 8192 |
| Core clock speed | 854 MHz | 1170 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1377 MHz | 1695 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 9,000 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 230 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 33.05 | 433.9 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.058 TFLOPS | 27.77 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 96 |
| TMUs | 24 | 256 |
| Tensor Cores | 48 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 64 |
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 | IGP | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 70 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | IGP | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 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 type | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 768.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
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 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 7.2 | 8.6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 May 2020 | 12 April 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 230 Watt |
Jetson Xavier NX GPU has 1433.3% lower power consumption.
RTX A5000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Jetson Xavier NX GPU and RTX A5000. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Jetson Xavier NX GPU is a desktop card while RTX A5000 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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