AMD Radeon Pro W5500X vs NVIDIA Quadro CX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500X and NVIDIA Quadro CX 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

NVIDIA Quadro CX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

2.1x more core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 602 MHz
7218.2x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 1536 vs 192
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 55 nm
5.3x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1536 MB
8.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 729 vs 454
7.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7351 vs 947

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1243 MHz vs 602 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	729 vs 454
PassMark - G3D Mark	7351 vs 947

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro CX

Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 205 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro CX

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

729

454

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7351

947

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	NVIDIA Quadro CX
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
PassMark - G2D Mark	729	454
PassMark - G3D Mark	7351	947

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	NVIDIA Quadro CX
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Navi 10	GT200B
Launch date	Q3'2020	11 November 2008
Place in performance rating	319	318
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,999
Price now		$149.95
Value for money (0-100)		8.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz
Compute units	20
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	602 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	55 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	555.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.2 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.6 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1536	192
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	1,400 million
Floating-point performance		462.3 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x Thunderbolt 3, 2x HDMI	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	12 inches (305 mm)	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3