AMD Radeon Pro W5500M vs NVIDIA Quadro 5000

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rating	538	527
Value for money	0.11	0.50
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	GF100	Navi 14
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	23 February 2011 (12 years old)	10 February 2020 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499	no data
Current price	$1017 (0.4x MSRP)	$2381

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	352	1408
Core clock speed	513 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1450 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	152 Watt	85 Watt
Texture fill rate	22.57	127.6
Floating-point performance	722.3 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	248 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2.5 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	320 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	120.0 GB/s	192.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

No outputs

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	2.0	no data

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Quadro 5000 and Radeon Pro W5500M. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)

66 Mh/s

no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance rating	4.87	5.07
Recency	23 February 2011	10 February 2020
Memory bus width	320	128
Pipelines / CUDA cores	352	1408
Memory bandwidth	120	192
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	152 Watt	85 Watt

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