NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs NVIDIA RTX A5500. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and NVIDIA RTX A5500, chip, information processing units.

• Architecture
  Ampere Ampere
• CUDA Cores
  10496 -
• Execution Units
  82 80
• GPU Chip
  GA102-300-A1 GA102
• Render Output Units
  112 96
• Shader
  10496 10240
• Texture Units
  328 320
• L1 Cache
  - 128 KB
• L2 Cache
  - 6 MB

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

• Memory Bandwidth
  936 GB/s 768 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  384 bit 384 bit
• Memory Clock
  1219 MHz 2000 MHz
• Memory Data Rate
  19.5 Gbps 16 Gbps
• Memory Size
  24 GB 24 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6X GDDR6

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

• Base Clock
  1400 MHz 1170 MHz
• Boost Clock
  1700 MHz 1695 MHz

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

• Graphics Card Power
  350 W -
• Maximum GPU Temperature
  93 °C -
• System Power Supply
  750 W (System power requirement) -
• TDP
  350 W 230 W

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  3 × DisplayPort 4 × DisplayPort 1.4a
• HDCP Version
  2.3 -
• Max. Displays
  4 -
• Other Display Outputs (unparsed)
  HDMI -
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  2x PCIe 8-pin (adapter to 1x 12-pin included) 1x 8-pin

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

• DirectX
  12_2 12_2
• Max. resolution
  7680 × 4320 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

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  Decode -
• h264
  Decode / Encode -
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode -
• VP8
  Decode -
• VP9
  Decode -

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090.

• Manufacturer specification scope
  NVIDIA Founders Edition/reference design. Clock specifications apply to gaming use. AIB shipping specifications and complete-system power needs may differ. -
• Official source
  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/compare/ -
• Process Technology
  8 nm 8 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2020 -
• Verification scope
  Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved. -
• Verified on
  2026-09-30 -

• FP16 (theoretical)
  35.58 TFLOPS 34.71 TFLOPS
• FP32 (theoretical)
  - 34.71 TFLOPS
• FP64 (theoretical)
  - 1,085 GFLOPS
• Pixel Rate
  189.8 GPixel/s 162.7 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  556.0 GTexel/s 542.4 GTexel/s