RTX A5500 vs Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated43
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data17.26
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP100GA102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)22 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,599 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 cores358410240
Core clock speed1190 MHz1080 MHz
Boost clock speed1329 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors15,300 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate297.7532.8
Floating-point processing power9.526 TFLOPS34.1 TFLOPS
ROPs9696
TMUs224320
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 8-pin

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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB24 GB
Memory bus width3072 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed715 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth549.1 GB/s768.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 230 Watt

RTX A5500 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 8.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB and RTX A5500. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB
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