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NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU

NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU

The NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU or A5500 Mobile is a professional graphics card for mobile workstations. It is based on the GA103S Ampere chip and similar to the consumer GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU. It offers the same 7424 graphics cores, 58 RT cores, 232 Tensor cores, and 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a 256 Bit memory bus. It supports PCIe 4.0 and will be available in different variants from 80 - 165 Watt (TGP) with different clock speeds (and performance). The GPU supports eDP 1.4b to connect the internal monitor and DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.1 for external connections.

There is no more Max-Q variant (formerly used for the low power variants) but every OEM can choose to implement Max-Q technologies (Dynamic Boost, Whispermode).

The raw performance should be similar to the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti laptop at the same TGP level. Both GPUs depend heavily on good cooling and a high TGP for good performance. At a similar power consumption level, the RTX A5500 should be clearly faster than the old RTX A5000 и Quadro RTX 5000. The desktop variant of the A5500 however, is a lot faster.

The GA103S chip offers 7424 FP32 ALUs of which half can also execute INT32 instructions (i.e. 3712 INT32 ALUs). With Ampere, all shaders could still execute FP32 or INT32 instructions. The raytracing and tensor cores on the chip were also improved according to Nvidia. The Ampere chips also include an improved 5th generation video encoder (NVENC for H.264 and H.265) and a 7th generation decoder (for various formats now including AV1).

The GA103S chip is manufactured by Samsung in 8nm (8N), which is not quite able to keep up with the 7nm node at TSMC (e.g. used by AMD and also for the professional GA100 Ampere chip).

RTX A Series

RTX A5500 Laptop GPU 7424 256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
RTX A4500 Laptop GPU compare 5888 @ 0.93 - 1.5 GHz256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
RTX A5000 Laptop GPU compare 6144 @ 1.22 - 1.77 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
RTX A4000 Laptop GPU compare 5120 @ 0.78 - 1.68 GHz256 Bit @ 12000 MHz
RTX A3000 Laptop GPU compare 4096 @ 1.08 - 1.56 GHz192 Bit @ 14000 MHz
RTX A2000 Laptop GPU compare 2560 @ 0.89 - 1.69 GHz128 Bit @ 14000 MHz
RTX A1000 Laptop GPU compare 2048 128 Bit @ 14000 MHz
RTX A500 Laptop GPU compare 2048 64 Bit @ 14000 MHz
CodenameGA103S
ArchitectureAmpere
Pipelines7424 - unified
Raytracing Cores58
Tensor / AI Cores232
Theoretical Performance24.7 TFLOPS FP32
Memory Speed16000 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR6
Max. Amount of Memory16 GB
Shared Memoryno
Memory Bandwidth512 GB/s
APIDirectX 12_2, Shader 6.7, OpenGL 4.6
Power Consumption165 Watt (80 - 165 Watt TGP)
technology8 nm
PCIe4
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement30.03.2022
Link to Manufacturer Pagenvdam.widen.net
PredecessorRTX A5000 Laptop GPU

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 9402     avg: 10011     median: 9872 (28%)     max: 10760 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 8940     avg: 9652     median: 9568 (25%)     max: 10449 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 22698     avg: 24228     median: 24046 (42%)     max: 25940 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 25713     avg: 26953     median: 26260 (30%)     max: 28885 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 29929     avg: 30867     median: 30135 (42%)     max: 32536 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 33715     avg: 35743     median: 35376 (30%)     max: 38139 Points
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
167.7 fps (100%)
specvp11 tcvis-02 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
176.7 fps (100%)
specvp11 sw-02 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
131.5 fps (100%)
specvp11 proe-05 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
84.9 fps (100%)
specvp11 maya-03 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
121 fps (91%)
specvp11 lightwave-01 +
specvp11 ensight-04 +
specvp11 catia-03 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
189.8 fps (100%)
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
min: 167.74     avg: 186.1     median: 193.9 (48%)     max: 196.83 fps
specvp12 snx-02 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
min: 176.66     avg: 204.4     median: 214.7 (32%)     max: 221.72 fps
specvp12 showcase-01 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
min: 131.53     avg: 137.9     median: 135.4 (29%)     max: 146.77 fps
specvp12 mediacal-01 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
min: 84.87     avg: 90.6     median: 90.5 (23%)     max: 96.45 fps
specvp12 maya-04 +
specvp12 energy-01 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
min: 16.41     avg: 17.8     median: 18 (16%)     max: 19.08 fps
specvp12 creo-01 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
min: 165.88     avg: 173.4     median: 174.4 (70%)     max: 179.74 fps
specvp12 catia-04 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
min: 189.79     avg: 212.7     median: 209.9 (35%)     max: 238.46 fps
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
min: 186.09     avg: 196.6     median: 196.8 (53%)     max: 206.94 fps
specvp13 snx-03 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
min: 334.23     avg: 380.1     median: 393.1 (44%)     max: 413.09 fps
specvp13 showcase-02 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
min: 132.86     avg: 137.1     median: 135.7 (30%)     max: 142.9 fps
specvp13 medical-02 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
min: 116.87     avg: 129.7     median: 132.3 (28%)     max: 140.01 fps
specvp13 maya-05 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
min: 265.99     avg: 319.4     median: 329.3 (37%)     max: 362.87 fps
specvp13 energy-02 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
min: 61.15     avg: 64.6     median: 63.6 (21%)     max: 69.02 fps
specvp13 creo-02 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
min: 243.69     avg: 294.5     median: 308.8 (45%)     max: 330.97 fps
specvp13 catia-05 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
min: 302.32     avg: 337.3     median: 340.2 (38%)     max: 369.46 fps
specvp13 3dsmax-06 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
min: 223.61     avg: 232.4     median: 232.4 (40%)     max: 241.24 fps
SPECviewperf 2020 specvp2020 solidworks-05 1080p +
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 solidworks-05 1080p
min: 206.6     avg: 234.6     median: 239.1 (46%)     max: 258.01 fps
specvp2020 snx-04 1080p +
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 snx-04 1080p
min: 308.7     avg: 371.4     median: 394.7 (64%)     max: 410.78 fps
specvp2020 medical-03 1080p +
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 medical-03 1080p
min: 61.01     avg: 64.7     median: 64.7 (70%)     max: 68.3 fps
specvp2020 maya-06 1080p +
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 maya-06 1080p
min: 293.35     avg: 354.2     median: 365.3 (53%)     max: 403.83 fps
specvp2020 energy-03 1080p +
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 energy-03 1080p
min: 62.08     avg: 65.3     median: 64.6 (52%)     max: 69.15 fps
specvp2020 creo-03 1080p +
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 creo-03 1080p
min: 104.45     avg: 141.6     median: 155.3 (77%)     max: 165.08 fps
specvp2020 catia-06 1080p +
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 catia-06 1080p
min: 96.23     avg: 103.3     median: 103.9 (67%)     max: 109.77 fps
specvp2020 3dsmax-07 1080p +
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 3dsmax-07 1080p
min: 125.82     avg: 133.9     median: 131.3 (60%)     max: 144.56 fps
specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k +
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 solidworks-05 4k
min: 93.77     avg: 101.7     median: 102.2 (30%)     max: 109.04 fps
specvp2020 snx-04 4k +
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 snx-04 4k
min: 195.95     avg: 258.9     median: 279.4 (29%)     max: 301.3 fps
specvp2020 medical-03 4k +
specvp2020 maya-06 4k +
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 maya-06 4k
min: 132.18     avg: 178.4     median: 184.7 (30%)     max: 218.16 fps
specvp2020 energy-03 4k +
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 energy-03 4k
min: 21.54     avg: 22.7     median: 22.6 (5%)     max: 24.11 fps
specvp2020 creo-03 4k +
specvp2020 catia-06 4k +
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 catia-06 4k
min: 55.52     avg: 62.3     median: 62.7 (41%)     max: 68.64 fps
specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k +
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 3dsmax-07 4k
min: 73.53     avg: 75.6     median: 73.7 (31%)     max: 79.63 fps
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 330     avg: 356.7     median: 366 (21%)     max: 374 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.6 % (100%)
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 144.6     avg: 157.7     median: 153.7 (22%)     max: 174.7 Watt
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 159.8     avg: 181.5     median: 183.6 (26%)     max: 201 Watt
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 158.8     avg: 185.1     median: 188.6 (41%)     max: 208 Watt
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Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise +
Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
min: 41.9     avg: 47.7     median: 49.5 (79%)     max: 51.6 dB(A)
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Returnal

Returnal

2023
low 1920x1080
70  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
68  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
64  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
59  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
42  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
20  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
F1 22

F1 22

2022
low 1920x1080
190.8 224 ~ 207 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
188.2 209 ~ 199 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
163.1 170.2 ~ 167 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
60.9 66.4 ~ 64 fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
37.2 40.8 ~ 39 fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
17.6 18.8 ~ 18 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Ultra Low Preset 16xAF TAA 1280x720
246
323
low 1920x1080
193.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
158.6  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
109.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
87.5  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
57.9  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
29.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1920x1080
93.9 128.7 132.3 ~ 118 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
80.2 114.4 117.7 ~ 104 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
79.3 87.6 96.1 ~ 88 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
69.8 75.7 80.7 ~ 75 fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
41.4 45.3 47 ~ 45 fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
17.8 18.1 20.4 ~ 19 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1920x1080
128.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
119.6  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
105.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
79  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
62.2  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
35.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Low Preset 1280x720
156.3
low 1280x720
142  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
124  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
137  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
134  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
104  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
49  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Low Preset 1920x1080
136
Far Cry 6

Far Cry 6

2021
low 1280x720
132  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
115  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
104  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
95  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
79  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
42  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Low Graphics Quality 1920x1080
123
Hitman 3

Hitman 3

2021
low 1280x720
229  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
186.6  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
179.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
161.4  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
104.6  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
43.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Minimum Settings 1920x1080
210.8
Dirt 5

Dirt 5

2020
low 1280x720
167.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
130  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
114.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
92.2  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
71.9  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
39.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1280x720
119  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
98  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
93  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
77  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
58  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
30  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1280x720
139  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
130  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
111  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
101  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
89  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
42  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1280x720
314.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
189.7  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
139.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
110.1  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
77.1  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
34.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1280x720
162.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
135.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
110.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
89.3  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
62.7  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
30.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Very Low Overall Quality (DX11) 1920x1080
156
low 1280x720
171  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
125.8  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
95.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
75.7  fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
58.5  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
31.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Ultra Quality DXR 16xAF 1920x1080
63.4
Strange Brigade

Strange Brigade

2018
low 1280x720
377 442 447 ~ 422 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
235 244 264 ~ 248 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
190.2 200 223 ~ 204 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
168.6 177.9 197.7 ~ 181 fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
122 129.3 138.6 ~ 130 fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
67.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1280x720
146.2 151.3 155.8 ~ 151 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
130.9 134.3 137.6 ~ 134 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
103.6 107.8 108.8 ~ 107 fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
81.9 92.7 93.7 ~ 89 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
170.1 180.1 212 ~ 187 fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
131.6 138.9 142.5 ~ 138 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
103.5 107.8 113.1 ~ 108 fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
75.1 78.9 83.5 ~ 79 fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
39.4 43.5 45.4 ~ 43 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
191.3 193.3 194.3 ~ 193 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
171.3 173.1 174.5 ~ 173 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
161.8 162.4 166.1 ~ 163 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
150.7 152.9 156.3 ~ 153 fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
116.1 131.4 132.8 ~ 127 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
421.2 447 489.4 ~ 453 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
306.8 308.5 329.9 ~ 315 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
169.3 205.4 211.8 ~ 196 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
92.8 101.5 110.4 ~ 102 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
4K 3840x2160
62.2 62.5 63.7 ~ 63 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
GTA V

GTA V

2015
low 1024x768
183.4 185.4 185.9 ~ 185 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
178.1 182.7 183.4 ~ 181 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
166.2 170.7 177.7 ~ 172 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
102.6 118.5 124.4 ~ 115 fps    + Compare
QHD 2560x1440
97.5 99.2 103.5 ~ 100 fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
97.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Highest Settings possible 16xAF 4xMSAA + FXAA 3840x2160
49.8
Normal/Off 4xAF 1920x1080
179.3
183
179.3
Lowest Settings possible 1920x1080
185.1
184.7
185.5
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Returnal706864594220
F1 22207199167643918
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands193.7158.6109.587.557.929.6
Cyberpunk 2077 1.611810488754519
God of War128.9119.6105.67962.235.6
Guardians of the Galaxy14212413713410449
Far Cry 6132115104957942
Hitman 3229186.6179.9161.4104.643.8
Dirt 5167.6130114.892.271.939.8
Watch Dogs Legion1199893775830
Horizon Zero Dawn1391301111018942
Gears Tactics314.1189.7139.2110.177.134.9
Borderlands 3162.9135.4110.489.362.730.2
Metro Exodus171125.895.375.758.531.3
Strange Brigade42224820418113067.6
X-Plane 11.1115113410789
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark1871381087943
Dota 2 Reborn193173163153127
The Witcher 345331519610263
GTA V18518117211510097.1
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