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NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU

The NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU is a laptop graphics processor. It has 16 GB of video memory and a 165 W board power rating. It scores 17,327 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12_2 and OpenGL 4.6.

Mobile

3/10 key specs recorded · 32 facts

Depth: 27 recorded fields, 9 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified July 25, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix. Coverage: 3 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

16 GB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

165 W

Performance

The NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU scores 17,327 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 95.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #127), measured across 301 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 723.

PassMark G3D Mark

17,327

Rank #127
Faster than 95.5% of 2,658 GPUs
301 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 197 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 90.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 108 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 91.8% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 131 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 88.7% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 85 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 94% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 7,452 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 90.3% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU averages DirectX 9 197 fps, DirectX 10 108 fps, DirectX 11 131 fps, DirectX 12 85 fps and GPU Compute 7,452 ops/s, across 301 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x16

Max memory 16 GB

Core clock 975 MHz

Memory clock 2000 MHz

DirectX 12_2

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 165 W

First benchmarked 2022-07-08

Samples 301

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU states the PCIe 4.0 x16 interface, up to 16 GB of memory, a core clock of 975 MHz, DirectX 12_2 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2022-07-08. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA RTX A5500, NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Memory

Size 16 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU is equipped with 16 GB of memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU has a board power rating of 165 W and it connects over PCIe 4.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 165 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Laptop

Series RTX

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 17,327

PassMark G2D 723

Rank #127

Samples 301

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU supports DirectX 12_2 and OpenGL 4.6.

DirectX 12_2 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.6 (stated by PassMark)

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU.

Media engine

The NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9. It does not support hardware encode for AV1.

NVIDIA NVENC encoder 7th Generation Encoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-encoding engine, used by streaming and capture software; newer generations encode more efficiently.

NVIDIA NVDEC decoder 5th Generation Decoder engines: 2NVIDIA's dedicated video-decoding engine; newer generations support more codecs and formats.

Hardware video codec support of the NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Supported4:4:4: Yes	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: Yes; 10-bit: Yes; B-frames: Yes; 8K: Yes	Supported4:4:4: Yes
AV1	Not supported	Supported
VP9	Not stated by the vendor	Supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (7th Generation, encoder engines: 1) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (5th Generation, decoder engines: 2).

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU have?

The NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU has 16 GB of video memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU has a board power rating of 165 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU?

The NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU scores 17,327 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 95.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #127. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 85 fps.