Quadro K3000M vs Radeon Pro 5500M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K3000M 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 K3000M stacks up against Radeon Pro 5500M, check out specs charts below.

Quadro K3000M and Radeon Pro 5500M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro K3000M 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 K3000M or Radeon Pro 5500M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K3000M Radeon Pro 5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 85 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon Pro 5500M has 13% more power consumption, than Quadro K3000M.
  • Quadro K3000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon Pro 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 5500M has 4 GB more memory, than Quadro K3000M.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Quadro K3000M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon Pro 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
  • Quadro K3000M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 5500M is 9200 MHz higher, than Quadro K3000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 35−40
ultra / 1080p 4−5 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 18−20 60−65
medium / 1080p 9−10 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than Quadro K3000M.

Full Specs

  Quadro K3000M Radeon Pro 5500M
Architecture Kepler Navi / RDNA
Code name N14E-Q1 Navi 14
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 1 June 2012 13 November 2019
Pipelines 576 1536
Core clock speed 654 MHz
Boost Clock 1300 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 31.39 139.2
Floating-point performance 753.4 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2800 MHz 12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 89.6 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 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 24 Mh/s
Laptop size large medium sized
Optimus +
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