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NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Graphics processor

Rendering performance

Median score · higher is better

Three-scene Blender rendering throughput. Versions, operating systems and rendering backends remain separate. This is not a gaming score.

Blender 5.1.1 / Windows / OPTIX
NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU 642.93 samples/min 3 complete runs · Middle 50%: 640.65 - 668.15 · Latest: 2026-05-21

Community submissions; cooling, power limits and system configuration can affect results.

Graphics & compute benchmarks

Archived cohort medians

GFXBench, GLBenchmark and CompuBench results retain the tested system, API, operating system and resolution. Offscreen tests fix the render resolution; onscreen results also reflect the display workload. These historical submissions do not establish performance in current games.

Aztec Ruins High Tier OffscreenWindows / Vulkan / 2560 x 1440 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

80.75* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

Aztec Ruins Normal Tier OffscreenWindows / DirectX / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

202.02* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

Aztec Ruins Normal Tier OffscreenWindows / DirectX 12 / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

190.96* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

Aztec Ruins Normal Tier OffscreenWindows / OpenGL / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

157.20* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

Aztec Ruins Normal Tier OffscreenWindows / Vulkan / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

211.77* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

Car Chase OffscreenWindows / OpenGL / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

160.42* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

Tessellation OffscreenWindows / OpenGL / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

976.56* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

ALU 2Windows / OpenGL / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

60.04* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

Aztec Ruins High TierWindows / DirectX / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

119.57* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

Aztec Ruins High TierWindows / DirectX 12 / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

109.11* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

Aztec Ruins High TierWindows / OpenGL / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

60.02* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

Aztec Ruins High TierWindows / Vulkan / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

122.73* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

Aztec Ruins Normal TierWindows / DirectX / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

183.44* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

Aztec Ruins Normal TierWindows / DirectX 12 / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

119.93* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

Aztec Ruins Normal TierWindows / OpenGL / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

60.02* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

Aztec Ruins Normal TierWindows / Vulkan / 1920 x 1200 / onscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

181.21* fps

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

Host configuration not reported.

Median results, not the best run. Sample counts and individual test dates are unreported. Different systems using the same GPU remain separate configurations.

Benchmark results

  • G3D Mark · version unreported · g3d_mark6,576* pointsPlatform unreported Compare results
  • Geekbench GPU (reported compilation) · version unreported · OpenCL41,384*Platform unreported Compare results
  • Geekbench GPU (reported compilation) · version unreported · Vulkan37,604*Platform unreported Compare results

Recorded results

Only the same benchmark, version, workload, scenario and unit share a row. Missing results are not zero. System results include the full submitted hardware and software configuration.

Blender Cycles / classroomOPTIX / Windows · 5.1.1 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

181.36 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteOPTIX / Windows · 5.1.1 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

642.93 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
640.64728998085
75th percentile
668.15390551277
Blender Cycles / junkshopOPTIX / Windows · 5.1.1 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

209.94 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterOPTIX / Windows · 5.1.1 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

249.90 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomOPTIX / Windows · 4.5.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

181.49 samples/min

7 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteOPTIX / Windows · 4.5.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

648.28 samples/min

7 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
612.51447699364
75th percentile
695.92658903878
Blender Cycles / junkshopOPTIX / Windows · 4.5.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

166.17 samples/min

7 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterOPTIX / Windows · 4.5.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

305.41 samples/min

7 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomOPTIX / Windows · 4.4.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

201.05 samples/min

10 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteOPTIX / Windows · 4.4.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

732.24 samples/min

10 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
707.91318187348
75th percentile
744.75549104252
Blender Cycles / junkshopOPTIX / Windows · 4.4.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

189.48 samples/min

10 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterOPTIX / Windows · 4.4.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

339.26 samples/min

10 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomOPTIX / Windows · 4.1.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

176.31 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteOPTIX / Windows · 4.1.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

635.44 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
614.8608866123
75th percentile
678.57089779557
Blender Cycles / junkshopOPTIX / Windows · 4.1.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

146.86 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterOPTIX / Windows · 4.1.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

312.86 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomOPTIX / Windows · 3.6.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

185.48 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteOPTIX / Windows · 3.6.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

675.13 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
653.07904479498
75th percentile
701.06822488867
Blender Cycles / junkshopOPTIX / Windows · 3.6.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

156.35 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterOPTIX / Windows · 3.6.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

335.20 samples/min

4 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Windows
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 3 fields
G3D Mark
6,576* points
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
G3D Mark*
native_context
GPU model
RTX A500 Laptop GPU*
Snapshot date
2026-10-05*
Model
RTX A500 Laptop GPU*
Hardware class
Mobile*
Specifications 2 · 3 fields
Device
NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU*
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
Geekbench GPU (reported compilation)*
backend_columns
  • CUDA*
  • Metal*
  • OpenCL*
  • Vulkan*
test_configuration_verified
No*
comparable
No*
OpenCL
41,384*
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
Geekbench GPU (reported compilation)*
backend_columns
  • CUDA*
  • Metal*
  • OpenCL*
  • Vulkan*
test_configuration_verified
No*
comparable
No*
Vulkan
37,604*
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
Geekbench GPU (reported compilation)*
backend_columns
  • CUDA*
  • Metal*
  • OpenCL*
  • Vulkan*
test_configuration_verified
No*
comparable
No*

* Provisional data