GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G vs NVIDIA RTX A5500

Comparison of GPU cores for GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G and NVIDIA RTX A5500 graphics cards. The GPU core data contains the number of blocks (in the AMD documentation these blocks are called Shader Engine (SE), while Nvidia calls them Graphics Processing Clusters (GPC), words are different, the essence is the same) and ROP/TMUs (Raster Processing Units). These characteristics have a great influence on the GPU computing power.

• GPU Chip
  Navi 22 XT GA102
• Execution units
  40 80
• Shader
  2560 10240
• Render Output Units
  64 96
• Texture Units
  160 320

The values comparison for the amount, type and speed of memory, along with the bandwidth in the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G and NVIDIA RTX A5500 GPUs. A sufficiently large amount of graphics memory with high frequency and adequate bandwidth positively affects the speed of high resolution texture processing.

• Memory Size
  12 GB 24 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2 GHz 16 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  384 GB/s 768 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 384 bit

Let's compare the base and maximum frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G and NVIDIA RTX A5500 graphics cards. These values are not displayed in the BIOS, but can be viewed with the help of diagnostic utilities such as GPU-Z or Everest.

• Base Clock
  2.321 GHz 1.170 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.622 GHz+ 2 % 1.695 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.548 GHz+ 5 % --

Comparison of the thermal design power of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G and NVIDIA RTX A5500 GPUs. The TDP number determines the maximum power consumption of your graphics card. The specifications for computer ventilation and power supply are often based on the TDP numbers and should be optimized for it.

• TDP
  230 W 230 W

In this section, we'll explore what functions the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G and NVIDIA RTX A5500 GPUs have. In addition, we have added ray tracing support to achieve the proper simulation of light rays and shadows. The list can vary slightly depending on the manufacturer.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_2 (Ultimate)
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes

Let's compare how GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G and NVIDIA RTX A5500 support popular codecs h264, VP8, h265 / HEVC, VP9 and AV1. The availability of such video codecs helps reduce the load on the graphics card during the playback or creation of videos. This has a positive effect on reducing power consumption and heat generation by the GPU.

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

Here you can find information about the type (for desktops or laptops) and architecture of GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6700 XT ELITE 12G and NVIDIA RTX A5500, along with the sales starting time and the price at that moment. We provide a link to the GPU specifications directly from its manufacturer.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q1/2022
• Structure size
  7 nm 8 nm