NVIDIA RTX A5000-8Q: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started RTX A5000-8Q sales 12 April 2021. This is a desktop graphics card based on an Ampere architecture and made with 8 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 16 GB/s are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 768.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 230 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about RTX A5000-8Q: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Architecture | Ampere (2020−2024) | |
GPU code name | GA102 | |
Market segment | Desktop | |
Release date | 12 April 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
RTX A5000-8Q's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of RTX A5000-8Q's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 8192 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Boost clock speed | 1695 MHz | of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
Number of transistors | 28,300 million | of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB) |
Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | of 4 nm (H100 PCIe) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 230 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 433.9 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of RTX A5000-8Q and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
Length | 267 mm | |
Width | 2-slot | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on RTX A5000-8Q: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | GDDR6 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
Memory bus width | 384 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 16 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | 768.0 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on RTX A5000-8Q. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API compatibility
APIs supported by RTX A5000-8Q, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
Shader Model | 6.7 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
OpenCL | 3.0 | |
Vulkan | 1.3 | |
CUDA | 8.6 |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with RTX A5000-8Q according to our statistics.