RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell vs Quadro FX 5500 SDI
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 15 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 18.93 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026) |
| GPU code name | G71 | GB202 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 20 April 2006 (19 years ago) | 18 March 2025 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $6,999 | no data |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 14080 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 1740 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2377 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 278 million | 92,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 104 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | 1,045.9 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 66.94 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 176 |
| TMUs | 24 | 440 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 440 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 110 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 13.8 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 96 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 229 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 3-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 16-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 505 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 32.32 GB/s | 1.34 TB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 3x DVI, 1x S-Video | 4x DisplayPort 2.1b |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.4 |
| CUDA | - | 12.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 April 2006 | 18 March 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 48 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 104 Watt | 300 Watt |
FX 5500 SDI has 188.5% lower power consumption.
RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 18 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1700% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5500 SDI and RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell. We've got no test results to judge.
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