RTX A500 vs Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) with RTX A500, including specs and performance data.

R5 (Bristol Ridge)
2016
12 Watt
2.43

RTX A500 outperforms R5 (Bristol Ridge) by a whopping 622% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking837308
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.7720.40
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameBristol RidgeGA107
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)10 November 2021 (3 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 cores3842048
Core clock speedno data1440 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-45 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rateno data113.3
Floating-point processing powerno data7.25 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data64
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data112.0 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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

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 HD11
−582%
75−80
+582%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−588%
55−60
+588%
Battlefield 5 3−4
−600%
21−24
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Far Cry 5 4
−575%
27−30
+575%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−582%
75−80
+582%
Hitman 3 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−600%
140−150
+600%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7
−614%
50−55
+614%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−582%
75−80
+582%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−603%
260−270
+603%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−588%
55−60
+588%
Battlefield 5 3−4
−600%
21−24
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−575%
27−30
+575%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−582%
75−80
+582%
Hitman 3 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−600%
140−150
+600%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−582%
75−80
+582%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
−592%
90−95
+592%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−603%
260−270
+603%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−588%
55−60
+588%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−575%
27−30
+575%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−582%
75−80
+582%
Hitman 3 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−600%
140−150
+600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−582%
75−80
+582%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−592%
90−95
+592%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−603%
260−270
+603%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−575%
27−30
+575%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−575%
27−30
+575%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−600%
21−24
+600%
Hitman 3 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
−614%
100−105
+614%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−600%
21−24
+600%

This is how R5 (Bristol Ridge) and RTX A500 compete in popular games:

  • RTX A500 is 582% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.43 17.55
Recency 1 June 2016 10 November 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 60 Watt

R5 (Bristol Ridge) has 400% lower power consumption.

RTX A500, on the other hand, has a 622.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) is a notebook card while RTX A500 is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)
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