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    Quadro CX vs Radeon Pro 5500M

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

    Note: Radeon Pro 5500M 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 Radeon Pro 5500M here:

    Radeon Pro 5500M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro CX Radeon Pro 5500M
    Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 85 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR6
    Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 8 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video No outputs
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    • Quadro CX has 76% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 5500M.
    • Quadro CX is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Pro 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
    • Quadro CX has 1528 GB more memory, than Radeon Pro 5500M.
    • Quadro CX is used in Desktops, and Radeon Pro 5500M - in Mobile workstations.
    • Quadro CX is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon Pro 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
    • Quadro CX is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 5500M is 10400 MHz higher, than Quadro CX.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 1−2 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 0−1 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 10−12 60−65
    medium / 1080p 2−3 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 840% more, than Quadro CX.

    Full Specs

      Quadro CX Radeon Pro 5500M
    Architecture Tesla 2.0 Navi / RDNA
    Code name GT200B Navi 14
    Type Workstation Mobile workstation
    Release date 11 November 2008 13 November 2019
    Pipelines 192 1536
    Core clock speed 602 MHz
    Boost Clock 1300 MHz
    Transistor count 1,400 million 6,400 million
    Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 7 nm
    Texture fill rate 38.53 139.2
    Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops
    Length 267 mm
    Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 12000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 4.0 6.5
    OpenGL 3.3 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 2.0
    Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
    CUDA 1.3
    Laptop size medium sized
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