NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 947 MHz
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 5.6x more memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11804 vs 8729
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11804 vs 8729
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4193 vs 3353
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4193 vs 3353
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 April 2016 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1038 MHz vs 947 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 7012 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11804 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11804 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4193 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4193 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

  • Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 176.0 GTexel / s vs 132.9 GTexel / s
  • Around 38% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2048
  • Around 32% better floating-point performance: 5,632 gflops vs 4,252 gflops
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 770 vs 698
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8644 vs 7915
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3684
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3684
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 176.0 GTexel / s vs 132.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2816 vs 2048
Floating-point performance 5,632 gflops vs 4,252 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 770 vs 698
PassMark - G3D Mark 8644 vs 7915
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7055 vs 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7055 vs 3684

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
698
770
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7915
8644
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11804
8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11804
8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
7055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4193
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4193
3353
Name NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark - G2D Mark 698 770
PassMark - G3D Mark 7915 8644
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11804 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11804 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4193 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4193 3353
Geekbench - OpenCL 42508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 628.757
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3949

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile AMD Radeon R9 290X

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name GM204 Hawaii
Launch date 8 April 2016 24 October 2013
Place in performance rating 241 286
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $549

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1038 MHz 947 MHz
Core clock speed 861 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,252 gflops 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2048 2816
Texture fill rate 132.9 GTexel / s 176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 6,200 million
Stream Processors 2560

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 224.4 GB / s 320 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 7012 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)