GPU Comparison

NVIDIA
GEFORCE

NVIDIA PG506-232

CORE STATE GA100
VRAM 24 GB
CLOCK SPEED 1440 MHz
TDP 165 W
BUS WIDTH 3072 bit
ARCHITECTURE Ampere
nm
PROCESS 7 nm
LAUNCH DATE 2021
VS
NVIDIA
GEFORCE

RTX A5000 Mobile

CORE STATE GA104
VRAM 16 GB
CLOCK SPEED 1575 MHz
TDP 150 W
BUS WIDTH 256 bit
ARCHITECTURE Ampere
nm
PROCESS 8 nm
LAUNCH DATE 2021

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

geekbench_opencl
225,124
110,877
geekbench_vulkan
N/A
88,144
passmark_directx_10
N/A
115
passmark_directx_11
N/A
133
passmark_directx_12
N/A
72
passmark_directx_9
N/A
169
passmark_g2d
N/A
629
passmark_g3d
N/A
15,779
passmark_gpu_compute
N/A
6,945

Analysis: NVIDIA PG506-232 vs NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile

NVIDIA NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile GPU and the NVIDIA PG506-232 card from NVIDIA achieve almost equivalent rendering performance in our comparative comparison. Any performance gaps between these two usually sit below 5-10%, leaving each a good pick. The balance leaves the selection complex. Alternative factors turn particularly relevant. Availability often affects the scales.

Instead of dwelling on marginal performance improvements, interested consumers could examine alternative factors. Power efficiency, fan noise, build quality, and warranty quality typically play a role greater than small FPS variations. Such elements could tip the balance. Weigh beyond only benchmarks. This full package plays a role.

Game performance tests additionally demonstrate competitive frame rates between NVIDIA NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile GPU and the NVIDIA PG506-232 card from NVIDIA. Smoothness gaps usually sit inside margin of error. Such slight variations are rarely perceptible during real gaming sessions. Either graphics cards provide responsive frame rates. Gaming enthusiasts should select assuredly between them.

Ultimately, consumers can choose based on specific requirements as opposed to raw FPS exclusively. Both NVIDIA NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile GPU and the NVIDIA PG506-232 card from NVIDIA achieve excellent visual performance for their respective tiers. The decision depends on individual preferences. Each pick is valid. You can't go badly between them.

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION
PG506-232
RTX A5000 Mobile
Core Specs
Shading Units
3,584
6,144 +71.4%
Shaders
3,584
6,144 +71.4%
TMUs
224
192 -14.3%
ROPs
96
96 0.0%
SM Count
56
48 -14.3%
Clocks
Base Clock
930 MHz
900 MHz
Boost Clock
1440 MHz
1575 MHz
Memory Clock
1215 MHz 2.4 Gbps effective
1750 MHz 14 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
24 GB
16 GB
VRAM (MB)
24,576
16,384 -33.3%
Memory Type
HBM2
GDDR6
Memory Bus
3072 bit
256 bit
Bandwidth
933.1 GB/s
448.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
192 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
24 MB
4 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
138.2 GPixel/s
151.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
322.6 GTexel/s
302.4 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
10.32 TFLOPS
19.35 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)
302.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)
19.35 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
48
Tensor Cores
224
192 -14.3%
Power
TDP
165 W
150 W
TDP (W)
165
150 -9.1%
Suggested PSU
450 W
Power Connectors
8-pin EPS
None
Architecture
Architecture
Ampere
Ampere
GPU Name
GA100
GA104
Generation
Server Ampere (Axx)
Ampere-MW (Ax000)
Process Size
7 nm
8 nm
Transistors
54,200 million
17,400 million
Die Size
826 mm²
392 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
Samsung
Density
65.6M / mm²
44.4M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
8.0
8.6
Shader Model
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
267 mm 10.5 inches
Height
112 mm 4.4 inches
Outputs
No outputs
Portable Device Dependent
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Other
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
Tesla Turing
Quadro Turing-M
Successor
Server Ada
Ada-MW
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