RTX A400 vs RTX A5500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared RTX A5500 and RTX A400, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX A5500
2022
24 GB GDDR6, 230 Watt
56.94
+405%

RTX A5500 outperforms RTX A400 by a whopping 405% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking43417
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency17.2615.72
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA102GA107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date22 March 2022 (2 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year 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 cores10240768
Core clock speed1080 MHz727 MHz
Boost clock speed1665 MHz1762 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate532.842.29
Floating-point processing power34.1 TFLOPS2.706 TFLOPS
ROPs9616
TMUs32024
Tensor Cores32024
Ray Tracing Cores806

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mm163 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 amount24 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth768.0 GB/s96 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort 1.4a4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.6

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 A5500 56.94
+405%
RTX A400 11.27

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.

RTX A5500 21966
+405%
RTX A400 4346

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

RTX A5500 174913
+672%
RTX A400 22671

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 56.94 11.27
Recency 22 March 2022 16 April 2024
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 50 Watt

RTX A5500 has a 405.2% higher aggregate performance score, and a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX A400, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 360% lower power consumption.

The RTX A5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX A400 in performance tests.


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