AMD Radeon RX Vega vs NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega and NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support. 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 RX Vega

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 861 MHz
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1038 MHz
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 307.2 GTexel / s vs 132.9 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 4096 vs 2048
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 9,830 gflops vs 4,252 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12297 vs 7915
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 698
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8455 vs 4193
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8455 vs 4193
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2017 vs 8 April 2016
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 861 MHz
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Texture fill rate 307.2 GTexel / s vs 132.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines 4096 vs 2048
Floating-point performance 9,830 gflops vs 4,252 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12297 vs 7915
PassMark - G2D Mark 882 vs 698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8455 vs 4193
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8455 vs 4193

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile

  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 3.5x more memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • 5.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11804 vs 2094
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 2391
  • 5.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11804 vs 2094
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 2391
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 7012 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11804 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 vs 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11804 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 vs 2391

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12297
7915
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
882
698
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2094
11804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2391
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8455
4193
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2094
11804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2391
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8455
4193
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark 12297 7915
PassMark - G2D Mark 882 698
Geekbench - OpenCL 67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2094 11804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2391 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8455 4193
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2094 11804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2391 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8455 4193

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.3 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Greenland GM204
Launch date 1 April 2017 8 April 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $599.99
Place in performance rating 238 241
Price now $409.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 38.94

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 1038 MHz
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 861 MHz
Floating-point performance 9,830 gflops 4,252 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 4096 2048
Texture fill rate 307.2 GTexel / s 132.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB / s 224.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 7012 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6