NVIDIA RTX A5500 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A5500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile 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.

NVIDIA RTX A5500

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5500

Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 532.8 GTexel/s vs 386.3 GTexel/s
Around 38% higher pipelines: 10240 vs 7424
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 174795 vs 161393

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	532.8 GTexel/s vs 386.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10240 vs 7424
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	174795 vs 161393

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 1080 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 230 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 945 vs 855
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25171 vs 22344

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 22 Mar 2022
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	945 vs 855
PassMark - G3D Mark	25171 vs 22344

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

855

945

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22344

25171

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

174795

161393

Name	NVIDIA RTX A5500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	855	945
PassMark - G3D Mark	22344	25171
Geekbench - OpenCL	174795	161393
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		18927

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A5500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA102	AD104
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	2023
Place in performance rating	33	31
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1665 MHz
Core clock speed	1080 MHz	1290 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,066 GFLOPS (1:32)	386.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	34.10 TFLOPS (1:1)	24.72 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	34.10 TFLOPS	24.72 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10240	7424
Pixel fill rate	159.8 GPixel/s	133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	532.8 GTexel/s	386.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	35800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 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	384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6