Quadro 500M vs Radeon Pro W5500M
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 500M and Radeon Pro W5500M, 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 500M stacks up against Radeon Pro W5500M, check out specs charts below.
Quadro 500M
Radeon Pro W5500M
Main Specs
| Quadro 500M | Radeon Pro W5500M | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 85 Watt |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 4 GB |
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
- Radeon Pro W5500M has 142% more power consumption, than Quadro 500M.
- Quadro 500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon Pro W5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
- Radeon Pro W5500M has 3 GB more memory, than Quadro 500M.
- Both cards are used in Desktops.
- Quadro 500M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon Pro W5500M - with RDNA 1.0.
- Quadro 500M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro W5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
- Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro W5500M is 10200 MHz higher, than Quadro 500M.
Game benchmarks
| high / 1080p | 0−1 | 14−16 |
| ultra / 1080p | − | 8−9 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 3−4 |
| low / 720p | 1−2 | 30−33 |
| medium / 1080p | 0−1 | 18−20 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3000% more, than Quadro 500M. | ||
| high / 1080p | − | 21−24 |
| ultra / 1080p | − | 20−22 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 6−7 |
| 4K / 2160p | − | 5−6 |
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 50−55 |
| medium / 1080p | − | 24−27 |
| low / 768p | 50−55 | 45−50 |
| high / 1080p | 45−50 | − |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| The average gaming FPS of Quadro 500M in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than Radeon Pro W5500M. | ||
| low / 768p | 60−65 | 200−210 |
| medium / 768p | 27−30 | 170−180 |
| ultra / 1080p | 7−8 | 95−100 |
| QHD / 1440p | − | 50−55 |
| 4K / 2160p | − | 30−33 |
| high / 768p | 16−18 | 130−140 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 446% more, than Quadro 500M. | ||
| low / 768p | 70−75 | 55−60 |
| ultra / 1080p | 0−1 | 35−40 |
| medium / 1080p | 45−50 | 45−50 |
| The average gaming FPS of Quadro 500M in Cyberpunk 2077 is 15% more, than Radeon Pro W5500M. | ||
| low / 768p | 45−50 | 100−110 |
| medium / 768p | 10−11 | 90−95 |
| ultra / 1080p | 0−1 | 60−65 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Dota 2 is 237% more, than Quadro 500M. | ||
| high / 1080p | − | 16−18 |
| ultra / 1080p | − | 14−16 |
| 4K / 2160p | − | 6−7 |
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 35−40 |
| medium / 1080p | − | 18−20 |
| high / 1080p | − | 24−27 |
| ultra / 1080p | − | 18−20 |
| QHD / 1440p | − | 16−18 |
| low / 720p | 21−24 | 95−100 |
| medium / 1080p | 0−1 | 50−55 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Fortnite is 340% more, than Quadro 500M. | ||
| high / 1080p | 0−1 | 24−27 |
| ultra / 1080p | − | 18−20 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 8−9 |
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 50−55 |
| medium / 1080p | 0−1 | 27−30 |
| low / 768p | 18−20 | 80−85 |
| medium / 768p | − | 70−75 |
| high / 1080p | 0−1 | 27−30 |
| ultra / 1080p | − | 12−14 |
| QHD / 1440p | 0−1 | 2−3 |
| medium / 720p | 12−14 | − |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Grand Theft Auto V is 331% more, than Quadro 500M. | ||
| high / 1080p | − | 9−10 |
| ultra / 1080p | − | 7−8 |
| 4K / 2160p | − | 2−3 |
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 27−30 |
| medium / 1080p | − | 12−14 |
| low / 768p | 75−80 | 110−120 |
| high / 1080p | 27−30 | − |
| ultra / 1080p | − | 100−110 |
| medium / 1080p | − | 100−110 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Minecraft is 49% more, than Quadro 500M. | ||
| high / 1080p | − | 21−24 |
| ultra / 1080p | − | 16−18 |
| low / 720p | 8−9 | 55−60 |
| medium / 1080p | − | 24−27 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 612% more, than Quadro 500M. | ||
| high / 1080p | − | 14−16 |
| ultra / 1080p | − | 9−10 |
| QHD / 1440p | − | 0−1 |
| low / 720p | 0−1 | 27−30 |
| medium / 1080p | − | 16−18 |
| low / 768p | 0−1 | 50−55 |
| medium / 768p | − | 30−35 |
| high / 1080p | − | 18−20 |
| ultra / 1080p | − | 10−11 |
| 4K / 2160p | − | 8−9 |
| low / 768p | 45−50 | 100−110 |
| medium / 768p | 14−16 | 60−65 |
| ultra / 1080p | 0−1 | 30−35 |
| high / 768p | 12−14 | 50−55 |
| The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in World of Tanks is 192% more, than Quadro 500M. | ||
Full Specs
| Quadro 500M | Radeon Pro W5500M | |
| Architecture | Fermi | RDNA 1.0 |
| Code name | GF108 | Navi 14 |
| Type | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 22 February 2011 | 10 February 2020 |
| Pipelines | 96 | 1408 |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | |
| Boost Clock | 1450 MHz | |
| Transistor count | 585 million | 6,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 11.20 | 127.6 |
| Floating-point performance | 268.8 gflops | |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | 12000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | 192.0 GB/s |
| 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 | 2.1 | |