- Graphics Processor: GA107S
- Cores: 2048
- TMUs / ROPs: 64 / 32
Expert Verdict
A budget Nvidia RTX A500 Laptop graphics card with limited performance overall. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks.
Review
Gaming
12
Workstation
23
AI/ML
14
Energy Efficiency
72
Quick Comparison Final Score
25
Pros
- Hardware ray tracing support
- DLSS upscaling support
- Dedicated AI tensor cores
Cons
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
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Full Specifications
Games
Performance
Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Call of Duty
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Tomb Raider
Average FPS
1080p High
1080p Ultra
1440p Ultra
4K Ultra
FPS Table
| 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 24 | — | — | — |
| The Witcher 3 | 26 | — | — | — |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 42 | — | — | — |
| Far Cry 6 | 33 | — | — | — |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 14 | — | — | — |
| Call of Duty | 26 | — | — | — |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 13 | — | — | — |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 18 | — | — | — |
| Tomb Raider | 36 | — | — | — |
| Average FPS | 26 | — | — | — |
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High
35
1080p Ultra
26
1440p Ultra
18
4K Ultra
9
Margin of Error
Medium
3D Mark
Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
| Steel Nomad Lite Score | 3021 |
|---|---|
| Time Spy | 3023 |
| Solar Bay | 13710 |
| Port Royal | 625 |
| Fire Strike | 10265 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 4053 |
| Night Raid | 38312 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
| GB6 Compute Score | 40574 |
|---|---|
| Background Blur | 62.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 35.7 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1.62 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 2.11 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 2.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.52 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 185.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 5502.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
Blender
Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
GeekBench 6 ML
Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
| GB6 ML Single Precision | 7597 |
|---|---|
| GB6 ML Half Precision | 15030 |
| GB6 ML Quantized | 5337 |
| Image Classification (SP) | 3298 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 8358 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 6219 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 14319 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 22995 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2226 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3163 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 3768 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 12079 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 53139 |
| Framework | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML |
General
| Vendor | Nvidia |
|---|---|
| Build | Discrete |
| Released | 22-Mar-22 |
| Case | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional |
| Segment | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | GA107S |
| Recommended CPU | -Intel Core i7 12700Hor above |
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 370-890 MHz (configurable) |
|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 745-1710 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 2048 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 64 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 16 |
| Tensor Cores | 64 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 2MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 24-55 GPixel/s |
|---|---|
| Texture Fill Rate | 48-109 GTexel/s |
| FLOPS (FP32) | 3.1-7 TFLOPS |
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
|---|---|
| TGP | 20-60 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 8.7 billion |
| Transistor Density | 43.5 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | — |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
|---|
API
| DirectX | 12 |
|---|---|
| Vulkan | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3 |
| CUDA | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a |
