NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded

308.1x more texture fill rate: 85.44 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
5.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 180 Watt
137.5x more memory clock speed: 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective vs 10 GB/s

Texture fill rate	85.44 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective vs 10 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

3.7x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 435 MHz
Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1733 MHz vs 1335 MHz
Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 888 vs 440
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15543 vs 6742
Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 55406 vs 39886

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 435 MHz
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz vs 1335 MHz
Pipelines	2560 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	888 vs 440
PassMark - G3D Mark	15543 vs 6742
Geekbench - OpenCL	55406 vs 39886

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

440

888

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6742

15543

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

39886

55406

Name	NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	440	888
PassMark - G3D Mark	6742	15543
Geekbench - OpenCL	39886	55406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		7536

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Pascal
Code name	GA107S	GP104
Place in performance rating	272	273
Launch date		27 May 2016
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$439.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		43.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1335 MHz	1733 MHz
Core clock speed	435 MHz	1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	85.44 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5.468 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.468 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	2560
Pixel fill rate	64.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	85.44 GTexel/s	277.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	180 Watt
CUDA cores		2560
Floating-point performance		8,873 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Transistor count		7,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
Width		2-slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	88.00 GB/s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective	10 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready