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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs NVIDIA RTX A5500

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
39.4Inno Score
VS
WINNER
NVIDIA RTX A5500

NVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX A5500

$3,600

57.7Inno Score
32.9Rasterization—
20Ray Tracing20
50.2Memory71.2
67.7Efficiency79.1
41.3Compute73.2
0 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti7 spec wins — NVIDIA RTX A5500

InnoReviews verdict

NVIDIA RTX A5500 wins this graphics card face-off, 57.7 to 39.4, pulling ahead mainly in compute (+32) and memory (+21). NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti still makes sense if its price or standout specs fit your needs better.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

  • Lower launch price: $699 vs $3,600

Reasons to pick the NVIDIA RTX A5500

  • Stronger memory score: 71 vs 50
  • Stronger efficiency score: 79 vs 68
  • Stronger compute score: 73 vs 41
  • 186% higher Shading units: 10,240 vs 3,584
  • 118% higher VRAM: 24 GB vs 11 GB

General

General comparison: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti versus NVIDIA RTX A5500
SpecNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA RTX A5500
Announced20172022
ArchitecturePascalAmpere
Process16 nm8 nm+50%
TDP250 W230 W+8%
Power connector1x 8-pin + 1x 6-pin1x 8-pin

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti versus NVIDIA RTX A5500
SpecNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA RTX A5500
Shading units3,58410,240+186%
RT cores—80
Tensor / AI cores—320
Base clock1,480 MHz—
Boost clock1,582 MHz—

Memory

Memory comparison: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti versus NVIDIA RTX A5500
SpecNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA RTX A5500
VRAM11 GB24 GB+118%
VRAM typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Bus width352 bit384 bit+9%
Bandwidth484 GB/s768 GB/s+59%

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti versus NVIDIA RTX A5500
SpecNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA RTX A5500
3DMark Time Spy9,400Top 84%—
PassMark G3D14,400Top 80%—
1080p Ultra90 fpsTop 78%—
1440p Ultra64 fpsTop 78%—
4K Ultra34 fpsTop 74%—

Features

Features comparison: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti versus NVIDIA RTX A5500
SpecNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA RTX A5500
UpscalingNIS (driver-level)DLSS

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