AMD Radeon R9 M470 vs NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M470

NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 861 MHz

Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 8 April 2016
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 861 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile

Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 132.9 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 768
2.8x better floating-point performance: 4,252 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 6000 MHz
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7915 vs 2331
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 698 vs 307
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 1804
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 1804
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4193 vs 1674
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4193 vs 1674

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	132.9 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 768
Floating-point performance	4,252 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7915 vs 2331
PassMark - G2D Mark	698 vs 307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4193 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4193 vs 1674

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2331

7915

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

698

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1804

3684

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1804

3684

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

4193

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

4193

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470	NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331	7915
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	698
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1804	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1804	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674	4193
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674	4193
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11804
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11804

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470	NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Strato	GM204
Launch date	15 May 2016	8 April 2016
Place in performance rating	769	239
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	861 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	4,252 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	2048
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	132.9 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	5,200 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		150 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	224.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	7012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0