NVIDIA RTX A500 videocard review

RTX A500 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 10 Nov 2021. The videocard is based on Ampere microarchitecture codenamed GA107.

Core clock speed - 1440 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1770 MHz. Texture fill rate - 113.3 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 2048. Manufacturing process technology - 8 nm. Power consumption (TDP) - 60 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR6. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 64 bit. Memory clock speed - 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective. Memory bandwidth - 112.0 GB/s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Ampere
Code name	GA107
Launch date	10 Nov 2021
Place in performance rating	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz
Core clock speed	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	113.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.250 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.250 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048
Pixel fill rate	56.64 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6