AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 vs NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 and NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1138 MHz vs 861 MHz
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1038 MHz
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 302.4 GTexel / s vs 132.9 GTexel / s
  • Around 75% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2048
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 9,677 gflops vs 4,252 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12354 vs 7915
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 828 vs 698
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12822 vs 11804
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3709 vs 3684
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12822 vs 11804
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3709 vs 3684
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 August 2017 vs 8 April 2016
Core clock speed 1138 MHz vs 861 MHz
Boost clock speed 1250 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Texture fill rate 302.4 GTexel / s vs 132.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3584 vs 2048
Floating-point performance 9,677 gflops vs 4,252 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12354 vs 7915
PassMark - G2D Mark 828 vs 698
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12822 vs 11804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3709 vs 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12822 vs 11804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3709 vs 3684

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile

  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 210 Watt
  • 4.5x more memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 1572 MHz
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4193 vs 3353
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4193 vs 3353
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 210 Watt
Memory clock speed 7012 MHz vs 1572 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4193 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4193 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12354
7915
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
828
698
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12822
11804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3709
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
4193
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12822
11804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3709
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
4193
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark 12354 7915
PassMark - G2D Mark 828 698
Geekbench - OpenCL 61544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 153.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1722.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 126.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1172.788
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12822 11804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3709 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 4193
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12822 11804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3709 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 4193

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Vega 10 GM204
Launch date 14 August 2017 8 April 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 249 248
Type Workstation Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1250 MHz 1038 MHz
Core clock speed 1138 MHz 861 MHz
Floating-point performance 9,677 gflops 4,252 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 3584 2048
Texture fill rate 302.4 GTexel / s 132.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 5,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 402.4 GB / s 224.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1572 MHz 7012 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5