GeForce 605 OEM vs Quadro M5500

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	262	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	10.04	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GM204	GF119
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	8 April 2016 (8 years ago)	2 April 2012 (12 years ago)

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	2048	48
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	523 MHz
Boost clock speed	1165 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	149.1	4.184
Floating-point processing power	4.772 TFLOPS	0.1004 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	4
TMUs	128	8

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	145 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1753 MHz	897 MHz
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	14.35 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

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	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	-	+
Display Port	1.2	no data
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	+	2.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 April 2016	2 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	25 Watt

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