Quadro CX vs Radeon Pro W5500M

In this comparison between Quadro CX and Radeon Pro W5500M 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 CX will be the best choice, for others Radeon Pro W5500M will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.
Quadro CX
Radeon Pro W5500M

Main Specs

  Quadro CX Radeon Pro W5500M
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 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video No outputs
 
  • Quadro CX has 76% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro W5500M.
  • Quadro CX is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Pro W5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro CX has 1532 GB more memory, than Radeon Pro W5500M.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro CX is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon Pro W5500M - with RDNA 1.0.
  • Quadro CX is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro W5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro W5500M is 10400 MHz higher, than Quadro CX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 14−16
ultra / 1080p 0−1 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 10−12 30−33
medium / 1080p 2−3 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro W5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 320% more, than Quadro CX.

Full Specs

  Quadro CX Radeon Pro W5500M
Architecture Tesla 2.0 RDNA 1.0
Code name GT200B Navi 14
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 11 November 2008 10 February 2020
Pipelines 192 1408
Core clock speed 602 MHz
Boost Clock 1450 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 38.53 127.6
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
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