AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE vs NVIDIA RTX A5500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE and NVIDIA RTX A5500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

NVIDIA RTX A5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 2245 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 718.4 GTexel/s vs 532.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1151 vs 904
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26928 vs 21675

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 Jul 2023 vs 22 Mar 2022
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Boost clock speed	2245 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	718.4 GTexel/s vs 532.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1151 vs 904
PassMark - G3D Mark	26928 vs 21675

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5500

2x more pipelines: 10240 vs 5120
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 260 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 174913 vs 166100

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	10240 vs 5120
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt vs 260 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	174913 vs 166100

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A5500

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1151

904

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

26928

21675

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

166100

174913

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE	NVIDIA RTX A5500
PassMark - G2D Mark	1151	904
PassMark - G3D Mark	26928	21675
Geekbench - OpenCL	166100	174913
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4811

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE	NVIDIA RTX A5500
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 31	GA102
Launch date	27 Jul 2023	22 Mar 2022
Place in performance rating	29	27
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2245 MHz	1665 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1080 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	5120	10240
Pixel fill rate	431.0 GPixel/s	159.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	718.4 GTexel/s	532.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	260 Watt	230 Watt
Transistor count	57700 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1,066 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		34.10 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		34.10 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	51 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	276 mm, 10.9 inches	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	110 mm, 4.3 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	576.0 GB/s	768.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6