RTX A500 vs Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Place in the ranking	8	311
Place by popularity	68	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	42.06	no data
Power efficiency	5.15	6.63
Architecture	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Navi 31	GA107
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	3 November 2022 (1 year ago)	10 November 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	6144	2048
Core clock speed	1929 MHz	1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	2498 MHz	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	57,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	355 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	959.2	113.3
Floating-point processing power	61.39 TFLOPS	7.25 TFLOPS
ROPs	192	32
TMUs	384	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	96	16

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	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	287 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None

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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	112.0 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 Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
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 7900 XTX 80.31
+359%

RTX A500 17.48

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 7900 XTX 30975
+360%

RTX A500 6741

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 HD	251 +402%	50−55 −402%
1440p	173 +394%	35−40 −394%
4K	107 +410%	21−24 −410%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

242

+384%

50−55
−384%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	166 +374%	35−40 −374%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	283 +372%	60−65 −372%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +388%	50−55 −388%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +400%	24−27 −400%
Cyberpunk 2077	231 +362%	50−55 −362%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +392%	24−27 −392%
Far Cry New Dawn	200−210 +403%	40−45 −403%
Forza Horizon 4	250−260 +402%	50−55 −402%
Hitman 3	120−130 +378%	27−30 −378%
Horizon Zero Dawn	280−290 +375%	60−65 −375%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +417%	30−33 −417%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +417%	24−27 −417%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	350−400 +367%	75−80 −367%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +413%	30−33 −413%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	330 +371%	70−75 −371%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	241 +382%	50−55 −382%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +388%	50−55 −388%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +400%	24−27 −400%
Cyberpunk 2077	208 +362%	45−50 −362%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +392%	24−27 −392%
Far Cry New Dawn	200−210 +403%	40−45 −403%
Forza Horizon 4	250−260 +402%	50−55 −402%
Hitman 3	120−130 +378%	27−30 −378%
Horizon Zero Dawn	280−290 +375%	60−65 −375%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +417%	30−33 −417%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +417%	24−27 −417%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	535 +386%	110−120 −386%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	170−180 +406%	35−40 −406%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +413%	30−33 −413%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	134 +396%	27−30 −396%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	210 +367%	45−50 −367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +400%	24−27 −400%
Cyberpunk 2077	199 +398%	40−45 −398%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +392%	24−27 −392%
Forza Horizon 4	295 +392%	60−65 −392%
Hitman 3	120−130 +378%	27−30 −378%
Horizon Zero Dawn	406 +378%	85−90 −378%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	471 +371%	100−105 −371%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	298 +397%	60−65 −397%
Watch Dogs: Legion	158 +427%	30−33 −427%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

+417%

24−27
−417%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170 +374%	35−40 −374%
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120 +367%	24−27 −367%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	132 +389%	27−30 −389%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	171 +389%	35−40 −389%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +413%	16−18 −413%
Cyberpunk 2077	141 +370%	30−33 −370%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +367%	18−20 −367%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +393%	55−60 −393%
Hitman 3	110−120 +392%	24−27 −392%
Horizon Zero Dawn	328 +369%	70−75 −369%
Metro Exodus	146 +387%	30−33 −387%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	360 +380%	75−80 −380%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	238 +376%	50−55 −376%
Watch Dogs: Legion	240−250 +380%	50−55 −380%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

+417%

24−27
−417%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +389%	18−20 −389%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +393%	14−16 −393%
Hitman 3	70−75 +421%	14−16 −421%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +402%	45−50 −402%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +404%	27−30 −404%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	182 +420%	35−40 −420%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110 +424%	21−24 −424%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	107 +410%	21−24 −410%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +420%	10−11 −420%
Cyberpunk 2077	71 +407%	14−16 −407%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +400%	10−11 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	227 +404%	45−50 −404%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	197 +393%	40−45 −393%
Watch Dogs: Legion	103 +390%	21−24 −390%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

95−100
+428%

18−20

−428%

This is how RX 7900 XTX and RTX A500 compete in popular games:

RX 7900 XTX is 402% faster in 1080p
RX 7900 XTX is 394% faster in 1440p
RX 7900 XTX is 410% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	80.31	17.48
Recency	3 November 2022	10 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	5 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	355 Watt	60 Watt

RX 7900 XTX has a 359.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 months, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

RTX A500, on the other hand, has 491.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX A500 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.