Nvidia RTX A5500 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia RTX A5500 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia RTX A5500 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a60
1080p Ultran/a47
1440p Ultran/a32
4K Ultran/a16
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia RTX A5500 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy87224880
Solar Bay3812421611
Port Royal5890552
Fire Strike2465512529
Night Raid2715553232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia RTX A5500 Laptop
144566
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur222.1 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection132.2 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.83 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.64 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.81 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.27 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching615.9 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18134.8 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia RTX A5500 Laptop
17226
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark710486
DirectX 11137 fps73 fps
DirectX 1283 fps46 fps
GPU Compute7463 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia RTX A5500 Laptop
105 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)505.5 fps360.1 fps
Car Chase565.3 fps318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)439.2 fps261.5 fps
T-Rex2078.3 fps1272.8 fps
ALU 22652 fps1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2247.6 fps257.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3572.91731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 30, 2022 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Ampere
Codename GA103 GA107

GPU

GPU Frequency n/a 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1050-1663 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 7424 2048
TMUs 232 64
ROPs 96 40
Execution Units 58 16
Ray Tracing Cores 58 16
Tensor Cores 232 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 101-160 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 244-386 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 15.6-24.7 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 80-165 W 35-95 W
Process Samsung Samsung
Process tech. 8 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 496 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 22 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 44.35 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support Yes No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia RTX A5500 Laptop
512 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia RTX A5500 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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