Advantech SKY-MXM-A500 NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded 4GB Headless MXM GPU Module with 35W Power Draw

Some embedded systems already drive their displays from the host processor and only need extra GPU compute for vision, video or AI tasks. The SKY-MXM-A500 is the NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded from Advantech, an MXM GPU module in the MXM 3.1 Type A format built on the Ampere GA107 GPU. It is supplied only as a headless build for MS-Hybrid mode, with no display outputs, at a maximum of 35 W.

The GPU has 2,048 CUDA cores, 16 RT Cores and 64 Tensor Cores, at a 652 MHz base and 1,597 MHz boost clock, for 6.54 TFLOPS FP32. Memory is 4 GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit interface at 112 GB/s. The SKY-MXM-A500 supports three encode sessions, and it runs on 64-bit Windows 10/11 and Linux with 64-bit drivers.

The module connects over MXM 3.1 with PCI Express Gen3 x4. The single ordering part number is SKY-MXM-A500-4SHA, the headless MS-Hybrid build. Cooling options are a fan cooler rated 0 °C to 55 °C or a heat spreader, whose range depends on the system’s thermal design. Operation is 0 °C to 55 °C, dependent on CPU and cooler solution, with storage from -40 °C to 85 °C. Operating humidity is up to 85% at 40 °C, non-condensing. Advantech also lists the SKY-MXM-CAR and SKY-MXM-CARG4 carrier boards, which adapt an MXM module to a PCIe slot.

We supply the SKY-MXM-A500 tested, and fit, configure and burn-in test it in the MXM GPU computers we build, with the cooler or heat spreader chosen for the enclosure. Advantech supports five years’ availability. Where the system needs display outputs from the GPU, the SKY-MXM-A1000 adds 4x DisplayPort 1.4a in its discrete builds, and the SKY-MXM-A2000 steps up to 8 GB with ECC.