Intel Arc Pro A50 vs NVIDIA RTX A5500. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Intel Arc Pro A50 and NVIDIA RTX A5500, chip, information processing units.

• Architecture
  Generation 12.7 Ampere
• Execution Units
  1024 80
• GPU Chip
  DG2-128 GA102
• L1 Cache
  No 128 KB
• L2 Cache
  4 MB 6 MB
• Render Output Units
  32 96
• RT Cores
  8 -
• Shader
  128 10240
• Texture Units
  64 320

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Bandwidth
  192 GB/s 768 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  96 bit 384 bit
• Memory Clock
  2000 MHz 2000 MHz
• Memory Data Rate
  16 Gbps 16 Gbps
• Memory Size
  6 GB 24 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  2000 MHz 1170 MHz
• Boost Clock
  2350 MHz 1695 MHz

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• System Power Supply
  250 W (PSU recommendation) -
• TDP
  75 W 230 W

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0 4 × DisplayPort 1.4a
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  No 1x 8-pin

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• DirectX
  12_2 12_2
• Max. resolution
  3840 × 2160 7680 x 4320 at 60 Hz
• OpenCL
  3.0 3.0
• OpenGL
  4.6 4.6
• Shader Model
  6.6 6.6
• Vulkan
  1.3 1.3

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  - 267 mm
• Slot Size
  - Dual-slot
• Width
  - 112 mm

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA RTX A5500 and Intel Arc Pro A50.

• Process Technology
  6 nm 8 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2022 -

• FP16 (theoretical)
  9.626 TFLOPS 34.71 TFLOPS
• FP32 (theoretical)
  4.813 TFLOPS 34.71 TFLOPS
• FP64 (theoretical)
  1,203 GFLOPS 1,085 GFLOPS
• Pixel Rate
  75.20 GPixel/s 162.7 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  150.4 GTexel/s 542.4 GTexel/s