RTX A5000 vs Wii U GPU

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated36
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data17.97
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameLatteGA102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date18 November 2012 (12 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 cores1608192
Core clock speed550 MHz1170 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors880 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt230 Watt
Texture fill rate8.800433.9
Floating-point processing power0.176 TFLOPS27.77 TFLOPS
ROPs896
TMUs16256
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Coresno data64

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB24 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 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.

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 November 2012 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 230 Watt

Wii U GPU has 597% lower power consumption.

RTX A5000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Wii U GPU and RTX A5000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Wii U GPU is a notebook card while RTX A5000 is a workstation one.


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