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NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA RTX A5500

52.4Inno Score
VS
WINNER
NVIDIA RTX A5500

NVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX A5500

$3,600

53.1Inno Score
38.8Rasterization40.7
34.2Ray Tracing38.6
57.1Memoryspec-based71.2
97.5Efficiencyspec-based79.1
58.3Compute57.6
3 spec wins — NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation8 spec wins — NVIDIA RTX A5500

InnoReviews verdict

This one is close to a dead heat: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation scores 52.4 against 53.1 for NVIDIA RTX A5500. Pick by the categories that matter to you — NVIDIA RTX A5500 edges ahead in Ray Tracing and rasterization, or by price.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation

  • 43% lower TDP: 130 W vs 230 W
  • 12% higher PassMark G3D: 23,635 vs 21,192
  • Lower launch price: $1,250 vs $3,600

Reasons to pick the NVIDIA RTX A5500

  • Stronger Ray Tracing score: 39 vs 34
  • 140% higher Bus width: 384 bit vs 160 bit
  • 113% higher bandwidth: 768 GB/s vs 360 GB/s
  • 67% higher Shading units: 10,240 vs 6,144
  • 67% higher RT cores: 80 vs 48

General

General comparison: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A5500
SpecNVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A5500
Announced20232022
ArchitectureAda LovelaceAmpere
Process—8 nm
TDP130 W+43%230 W
Power connector—1x 8-pin

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A5500
SpecNVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A5500
Shading units6,14410,240+67%
RT cores4880+67%
Tensor / AI cores192320+67%

Memory

Memory comparison: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A5500
SpecNVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A5500
VRAM20 GB24 GB+20%
VRAM typeGDDR6GDDR6
Bus width160 bit384 bit+140%
Bandwidth360 GB/s768 GB/s+113%

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A5500
SpecNVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A5500
3DMark Time Spy14,434Top 38%15,681+9%Top 33%
3DMark Speed Way3,668Top 44%4,491+22%Top 31%
PassMark G3D23,635+12%Top 28%21,192Top 39%

Features

Features comparison: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A5500
SpecNVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A5500
UpscalingDLSS 3DLSS

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