Quadro M4000 vs Radeon Pro 5500M

In this comparison between Quadro M4000 and Radeon Pro 5500M you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Quadro M4000 will be the best choice, for others Radeon Pro 5500M will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

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:

Main Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon Pro 5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 85 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro M4000 has 41% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 5500M.
  • Quadro M4000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon Pro 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro M4000 and Radeon Pro 5500M have maximum RAM of 8 GB.
  • Quadro M4000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon Pro 5500M - in Mobile workstations.
  • Quadro M4000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon Pro 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
  • Quadro M4000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 5500M is 5992 MHz higher, than Quadro M4000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
Quadro M4000 and Radeon Pro 5500M have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon Pro 5500M
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Navi / RDNA
Code name GM204 Navi 14
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 29 June 2015 13 November 2019
Pipelines 1664 1536
Core clock speed 773 MHz
Boost Clock 1300 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 80.39 139.2
Floating-point performance 2,573 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5 6.5
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan + 1.2.131
CUDA 5.2
SLI options +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 299 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
Multi-display synchronization Quadro Sync
High-Performance Video I/O6 +
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