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    Quadro M5500 vs Radeon Pro 580

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M5500 and Radeon Pro 580, 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 M5500 stacks up against Radeon Pro 580, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon Pro 580

    Quadro M5500 is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Quadro M5500 is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 M5500 here:

    Quadro M5500 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro M5500 Radeon Pro 580
    Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 150 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 150 Watt.
    • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • Quadro M5500 and Radeon Pro 580 have maximum RAM of 8 GB.
    • Quadro M5500 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon Pro 580 - in Desktops.
    • Quadro M5500 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Pro 580 - with GCN 4.0.
    • Core clock speed of Quadro M5500 is 39 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro 580.
    • Quadro M5500 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 580 - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 580 is 174 MHz higher, than Quadro M5500.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 40−45 40−45
    ultra / 1080p 27−30 24−27
    QHD / 1440p 21−24 20−22
    4K / 2160p 10−12 10−12
    low / 720p 65−70 65−70
    medium / 1080p 45−50 45−50
    The average gaming FPS of Quadro M5500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2% more, than Radeon Pro 580.

    Full Specs

      Quadro M5500 Radeon Pro 580
    Architecture Maxwell GCN 4.0
    Code name Polaris 20
    Type Mobile workstation Workstation
    Release date 4 April 2016 5 June 2017
    Pipelines 2048 2304
    Core clock speed 1139 MHz 1100 MHz
    Boost Clock 1140 MHz 1200 MHz
    Transistor count 5200 Million 5,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 172.8
    Floating-point performance 6,175 gflops
    Length 241 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 6606 MHz 6780 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 211 GB/s 217.0 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    G-SYNC support +
    VR Ready +
    DirectX 12 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 5.0 6.4
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 2.0
    Vulkan + 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    SLI options +
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
    Display Port 1.2
    3D Vision Pro +
    Mosaic +
    nView Display Management +
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