NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs NVIDIA RTX A5500
22.5Rasterization—
20Ray Tracing—
32.4Memoryspec-based71.2
76.3Efficiencyspec-based79.1
29.8Compute73.2
1 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce GTX 9706 spec wins — NVIDIA RTX A5500
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: NVIDIA RTX A5500 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.
Which would you pick?
Key differences
Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- 37% lower TDP: 145 W vs 230 W
- Lower launch price: $329 vs $3,600
Reasons to pick the NVIDIA RTX A5500
- Stronger compute score: 73 vs 30
- 515% higher Shading units: 10,240 vs 1,664
- 500% higher VRAM: 24 GB vs 4 GB
- 243% higher bandwidth: 768 GB/s vs 224 GB/s
- 71% lower process: 8 nm vs 28 nm
General
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA RTX A5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2014 | 2022 |
| Architecture | Maxwell | Ampere |
| Process | 28 nm | 8 nm+71% |
| TDP | 145 W+37% | 230 W |
| Power connector | 2x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
Cores & Clocks
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA RTX A5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Shading units | 1,664 | 10,240+515% |
| RT cores | — | 80 |
| Tensor / AI cores | — | 320 |
| Base clock | 1,050 MHz | — |
| Boost clock | 1,178 MHz | — |
Memory
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA RTX A5500 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 4 GB | 24 GB+500% |
| VRAM type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Bus width | 256 bit | 384 bit+50% |
| Bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 768 GB/s+243% |
Benchmarks
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA RTX A5500 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Time Spy | 3,625Bottom 7% | — |
| PassMark G3D | 9,635Bottom 13% | — |
Features
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA RTX A5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Upscaling | — | DLSS |
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