NVIDIA RTX A5500 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A5500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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).

NVIDIA RTX A5500

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5500

Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 532.8 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Around 74% higher pipelines: 10240 vs 5888
Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 285 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 174913 vs 167972

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	532.8 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10240 vs 5888
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt vs 285 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	174913 vs 167972

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Around 57% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1665 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1129 vs 862
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26956 vs 21966

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 22 Mar 2022
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1129 vs 862
PassMark - G3D Mark	26956 vs 21966

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

862

1129

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

21966

26956

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

174913

167972

Name	NVIDIA RTX A5500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark - G2D Mark	862	1129
PassMark - G3D Mark	21966	26956
Geekbench - OpenCL	174913	167972
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		17857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		55.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		245.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2459.317

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A5500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA102	AD104
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	2023
Place in performance rating	34	35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	2610 MHz
Core clock speed	1080 MHz	2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,066 GFLOPS (1:32)	480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	34.10 TFLOPS (1:1)	30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	34.10 TFLOPS	30.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10240	5888
Pixel fill rate	159.8 GPixel/s	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	532.8 GTexel/s	480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt	285 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	35800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	140 mm, 5.5 inches
Height		61 mm, 2.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	768.0 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X