Quadro 5000M vs Radeon Pro 5500M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5000M and Radeon Pro 5500M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro 5000M stacks up against Radeon Pro 5500M, check out specs charts below.

Quadro 5000M and Radeon Pro 5500M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro 5000M and Radeon Pro 5500M are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Quadro 5000M or Radeon Pro 5500M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 5000M Radeon Pro 5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 85 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro 5000M has 17% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 5500M.
  • Quadro 5000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon Pro 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M has 6 GB more memory, than Quadro 5000M.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Quadro 5000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon Pro 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
  • Quadro 5000M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 5500M is 10800 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 35−40
ultra / 1080p 6−7 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 21−24 60−65
medium / 1080p 12−14 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 215% more, than Quadro 5000M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000M Radeon Pro 5500M
Architecture Fermi Navi / RDNA
Code name Fermi Navi 14
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 27 July 2010 13 November 2019
Pipelines 320 1536
Core clock speed 405 MHz
Boost Clock 1300 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 16.20 139.2
Floating-point performance 518.4 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.5
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA +
Laptop size large medium sized
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