RTX A500 vs Radeon RX 5600 OEM

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 5600 OEM with RTX A500, including specs and performance data.

RX 5600 OEM
2020
6 GB GDDR6, 150 Watt
31.50
+79.4%

RX 5600 OEM outperforms RTX A500 by an impressive 79% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking175312
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency14.4020.06
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 10GA107
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date21 January 2020 (4 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 cores20482048
Core clock speed1130 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speed1560 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors10,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate199.7113.3
Floating-point processing power6.39 TFLOPS7.25 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs12864
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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
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 amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s112.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6

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.

RX 5600 OEM 31.50
+79.4%
RTX A500 17.56

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.

RX 5600 OEM 12137
+79.4%
RTX A500 6767

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 31.50 17.56
Recency 21 January 2020 10 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 60 Watt

RX 5600 OEM has a 79.4% higher aggregate performance score, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

RTX A500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5600 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX A500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5600 OEM is a desktop card while RTX A500 is a workstation one.


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