RTX A5000 vs UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU)

Place in the ranking	758	39
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	8.65	17.64
Architecture	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Ice Lake G1 Gen. 11	GA102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	28 May 2019 (5 years ago)	12 April 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 cores	32	8192
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1170 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12-25 Watt	230 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	433.9
Floating-point processing power	no data	27.77 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	96
TMUs	no data	256
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	64

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	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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 type	DDR4	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	24 GB
Memory bus width	no data	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	768.0 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

no data

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
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 HD	13 −1746%	240−250 +1746%
4K	9 −1678%	160−170 +1678%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −1678%	160−170 +1678%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1757%	130−140 +1757%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −1775%	150−160 +1775%
Counter-Strike 2	3 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1757%	130−140 +1757%
Forza Horizon 4	12 −1733%	220−230 +1733%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Metro Exodus	8 −1775%	150−160 +1775%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6 −1733%	110−120 +1733%
Valorant	5−6 −1700%	90−95 +1700%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −1775%	150−160 +1775%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −1678%	160−170 +1678%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1757%	130−140 +1757%
Dota 2	12 −1733%	220−230 +1733%
Far Cry 5	13 −1746%	240−250 +1746%
Fortnite	18−20 −1567%	300−310 +1567%
Forza Horizon 4	11 −1718%	200−210 +1718%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Grand Theft Auto V	7 −1757%	130−140 +1757%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −1733%	110−120 +1733%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	32 −1775%	600−650 +1775%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −1718%	200−210 +1718%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −1718%	200−210 +1718%
Valorant	5−6 −1700%	90−95 +1700%
World of Tanks	30 −1733%	550−600 +1733%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −1775%	150−160 +1775%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −1678%	160−170 +1678%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1757%	130−140 +1757%
Dota 2	20 −1650%	350−400 +1650%
Far Cry 5	12 −1733%	220−230 +1733%
Forza Horizon 4	13 −1746%	240−250 +1746%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −1624%	500−550 +1624%
Valorant	5−6 −1700%	90−95 +1700%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 −1718%	400−450 +1718%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
World of Tanks	21−24 −1718%	400−450 +1718%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1775%	75−80 +1775%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −1775%	150−160 +1775%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Forza Horizon 5	4−5 −1775%	75−80 +1775%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −1733%	110−120 +1733%
Valorant	10−11 −1700%	180−190 +1700%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −1700%	180−190 +1700%
Dota 2	16−18 −1775%	300−310 +1775%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −1767%	280−290 +1767%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −1678%	160−170 +1678%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −1775%	300−310 +1775%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −1700%	180−190 +1700%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Dota 2	9 −1678%	160−170 +1678%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Fortnite	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Forza Horizon 5	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Valorant	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%

This is how UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) and RTX A5000 compete in popular games:

RTX A5000 is 1746% faster in 1080p
RTX A5000 is 1678% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.00	56.25
Recency	28 May 2019	12 April 2021
Chip lithography	10 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	230 Watt

UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) has 1816.7% lower power consumption.

RTX A5000, on the other hand, has a 1775% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) in performance tests.

Be aware that UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) is a notebook card while RTX A5000 is a workstation one.

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