AMD Radeon Pro 5500M vs NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 5500M and NVIDIA Quadro K6000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro 5500M

NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 797 MHz
Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 902 MHz
576.4x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 216.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 225 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 6008 MHz
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 663 vs 539
Around 53% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36757 vs 24095
Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 105.82 vs 67.178
Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1860.146 vs 1816.61
Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.238 vs 7.435
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.947 vs 88.889
Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 596.819 vs 355.166

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Nov 2019 vs 23 July 2013
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 797 MHz
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz vs 902 MHz
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s vs 216.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 6008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	663 vs 539
Geekbench - OpenCL	36757 vs 24095
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.82 vs 67.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1860.146 vs 1816.61
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.238 vs 7.435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.947 vs 88.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	596.819 vs 355.166

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K6000

Around 88% higher pipelines: 2880 vs 1536
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8068 vs 6775
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12657 vs 9175
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 3670
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12657 vs 9175
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 3670

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2880 vs 1536
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8068 vs 6775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12657 vs 9175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711 vs 3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12657 vs 9175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711 vs 3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K6000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6775

8068

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

663

539

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

36757

24095

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

105.82

67.178

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1860.146

1816.61

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11.238

7.435

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

94.947

88.889

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

596.819

355.166

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9175

12657

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3670

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9175

12657

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3670

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3356

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 5500M	NVIDIA Quadro K6000
PassMark - G3D Mark	6775	8068
PassMark - G2D Mark	663	539
Geekbench - OpenCL	36757	24095
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.82	67.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1860.146	1816.61
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.238	7.435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.947	88.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	596.819	355.166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9175	12657
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3670	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9175	12657
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3670	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3426

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 5500M	NVIDIA Quadro K6000
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Navi 14	GK110B
Launch date	13 Nov 2019	23 July 2013
Place in performance rating	377	374
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$5,265
Price now		$833.98
Value for money (0-100)		11.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	902 MHz
Compute units	24
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	797 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	249.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	3.994 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1536	2880
Pixel fill rate	41.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	216.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	7,080 million
Floating-point performance		5,196 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	288.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5