NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation vs NVIDIA RTX A5500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation and NVIDIA RTX A5500 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 4000 SFF Ada Generation

NVIDIA RTX A5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 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: 5 nm vs 8 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 230 Watt
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1145 vs 862

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Mar 2023 vs 22 Mar 2022
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1145 vs 862

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5500

Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1565 MHz
Around 77% higher texture fill rate: 532.8 GTexel/s vs 300.5 GTexel/s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 10240 vs 6144
Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 20 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 21966 vs 20796
Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 174913 vs 124347

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz vs 1565 MHz
Texture fill rate	532.8 GTexel/s vs 300.5 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10240 vs 6144
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 20 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	21966 vs 20796
Geekbench - OpenCL	174913 vs 124347

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A5500

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1145

862

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

20796

21966

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

124347

174913

Name	NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation	NVIDIA RTX A5500
PassMark - G2D Mark	1145	862
PassMark - G3D Mark	20796	21966
Geekbench - OpenCL	124347	174913

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation	NVIDIA RTX A5500
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA102
Launch date	21 Mar 2023	22 Mar 2022
Place in performance rating	32	34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1565 MHz	1665 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1080 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	6144	10240
Pixel fill rate	125.2 GPixel/s	159.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	300.5 GTexel/s	532.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	230 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1,066 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		34.10 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		34.10 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	168 mm, 6.6 inches	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Width	69 mm, 2.7 inches	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	20 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	280.0 GB/s	768.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	160 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6