NVIDIA RTX A5500 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A5500 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA RTX A5500

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5500

413x more texture fill rate: 532.8 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Around 96% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Texture fill rate	532.8 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Around 51% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 60% higher pipelines: 16384 vs 10240
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1297 vs 918
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38287 vs 21872
Around 82% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317791 vs 174637

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 22 Mar 2022
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Pipelines	16384 vs 10240
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297 vs 918
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287 vs 21872
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791 vs 174637

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

918

1297

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

21872

38287

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

174637

317791

Name	NVIDIA RTX A5500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
PassMark - G2D Mark	918	1297
PassMark - G3D Mark	21872	38287
Geekbench - OpenCL	174637	317791
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		9223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		582.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		98.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		178.756
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2968.159
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A5500	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA102	AD102
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating	29	13
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	2520 MHz
Core clock speed	1080 MHz	2235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,066 GFLOPS (1:32)	1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	34.10 TFLOPS (1:1)	82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	34.10 TFLOPS	82.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10240	16384
Pixel fill rate	159.8 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	532.8 GTexel/s	1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	76300 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	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	304 mm, 12 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	137 mm, 5.4 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	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	768.0 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X