AMD Radeon Pro W6800X vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6800X and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro W6800X

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6800X

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 650 MHz
31923.1x more texture fill rate: 498.0 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 90 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 1 GB
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1010 MHz

Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	1800 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	498.0 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1010 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 96 Watt vs 400 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt vs 400 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6800X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6800X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3723
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
Geekbench - OpenCL	123773
PassMark - G3D Mark		242
PassMark - G2D Mark		394

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6800X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Curie
Code name	Navi 21	G71
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	428	430
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,999
Price now		$1,840.60
Value for money (0-100)		0.17
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2075 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	1800 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	90 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	996.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.87 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	15.94 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840
Pixel fill rate	199.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	498.0 GTexel/s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 4x Thunderbolt	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	229 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	800 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Width	Quad-slot
API support
DirectX	12.2	9.0c
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	32.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	1010 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3