NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile vs NVIDIA A40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile and NVIDIA A40 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.

NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile

NVIDIA A40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 82% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 717 vs 589
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17513 vs 13371

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 5 Oct 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	717 vs 589
PassMark - G3D Mark	17513 vs 13371

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1305 MHz vs 975 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 68% higher texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 348.0 GTexel/s
Around 45% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 7424
3x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 16 GB
Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 187606 vs 128861

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1305 MHz vs 975 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 348.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 7424
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	187606 vs 128861

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA A40

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

717

589

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17513

13371

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

128861

187606

Name	NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile	NVIDIA A40
PassMark - G2D Mark	717	589
PassMark - G3D Mark	17513	13371
Geekbench - OpenCL	128861	187606

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile	NVIDIA A40
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA103	GA102
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	57	60
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	975 MHz	1305 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	696.0 GFLOPS (1:32)	1169 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	22.27 TFLOPS (1:1)	37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	22.27 TFLOPS	37.42 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7424	10752
Pixel fill rate	144.0 GPixel/s	194.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	348.0 GTexel/s	584.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count		28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	8-pin EPS
Form factor		Dual-slot
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		700 Watt
Width		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	695.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6