AMD Radeon RX 570 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 570 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, Technologies. 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 RX 570

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 926-1168 MHz vs 650 MHz
10207.1x more texture fill rate: 159.23 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
6.9x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1010 MHz
28.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6967 vs 242
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 626 vs 394

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	926-1168 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1010 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6967 vs 242
PassMark - G2D Mark	626 vs 394

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 96 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 570
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6967

242

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

626

394

Name	AMD Radeon RX 570	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500
PassMark - G3D Mark	6967	242
PassMark - G2D Mark	626	394
Geekbench - OpenCL	35449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1083.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	79.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	520.089
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3858

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 570	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Curie
Code name	Polaris 20	G71
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	$2,999
Place in performance rating	402	401
Price now	$149.99	$1,840.60
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	59.00	0.17
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206-1244 MHz
Core clock speed	926-1168 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.1 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048
Pixel fill rate	39.81 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s	15.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	128
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm	229 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	32.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1010 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)