NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile vs AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 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: 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile

AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 580 Watt
Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Launch date	8 April 2016 vs 3 September 2015
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 580 Watt
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 861 MHz
16.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 132.9 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 2048
2.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,120 gflops vs 4,252 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 8 GB

Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 861 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 132.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2560 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops vs 4,252 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 8 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	698
PassMark - G3D Mark	7915
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11804
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4193
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4193
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		21.128

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	GM204	Grenada
Launch date	8 April 2016	3 September 2015
Place in performance rating	250	247
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	861 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,252 gflops	2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2x 2560
Texture fill rate	132.9 GTexel / s	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.4 GB / s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5