Quadro FX 5800 vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon RX 550 mobile. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon RX 550 mobile. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon RX 550 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 550 mobile 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 RX 550 mobile here:

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon RX 550 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 189 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video No outputs
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  • Quadro FX 5800 has 278% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 550 mobile.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 550 mobile uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon RX 550 mobile have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - in Laptops.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 677 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 mobile is 4400 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 18−20
ultra / 1080p 1−2 10−12
QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 14−16 35−40
medium / 1080p 5−6 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 283% more, than Quadro FX 5800.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon RX 550 mobile
Architecture Tesla 2.0 Polaris
Code name GT200B Polaris 12
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 11 November 2008 21 March 2017
Pipelines 240 640
Core clock speed 610 MHz 1287 MHz
Boost Clock 1476 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 48.80 51.48
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops 1,647 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 4.0 6.4
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 1.3
FreeSync +
Laptop size large
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