GeForce GTX 960M vs Quadro M5500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M5500 with GeForce GTX 960M, including specs and performance data.

Quadro M5500
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
20.55
+135%

M5500 outperforms GTX 960M by a whopping 135% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking268490
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency9.418.02
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGM204GM107
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date8 April 2016 (8 years ago)13 March 2015 (9 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 cores2048640
Core clock speed1140 MHz1096 MHz
Boost clock speed1165 MHz1176 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate149.147.04
Floating-point processing power4.772 TFLOPS1.505 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs12840

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 sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1753 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth211 GB/s80 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
VGA аnalog display supportno data+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno data+
HDMI-+
Display Port1.2no data
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream-+
GeForce ShadowPlay-+
GPU Boostno data2.0
GameWorks-+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder-+
Optimus-+
BatteryBoost-+
3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
VR Ready+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data
Anselno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. 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.

Quadro M5500 20.55
+135%
GTX 960M 8.76

  • Passmark

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro M5500 7915
+135%
GTX 960M 3373

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p220−230
+132%
95
−132%
Full HD75−80
+121%
34
−121%
1440p35−40
+133%
15
−133%
4K30−35
+114%
14
−114%

FPS performance in popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • Full HD
    Epic Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    Epic Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    Epic Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+136%
14−16
−136%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+84%
25
−84%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+162%
12−14
−162%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+123%
30
−123%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+133%
18−20
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+136%
14−16
−136%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+71.4%
28
−71.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+77.4%
31
−77.4%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+50%
84
−50%
Hitman 3 40−45
+135%
16−18
−135%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+96%
50−55
−96%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+129%
31
−129%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
+129%
24−27
−129%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+41.7%
48
−41.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+57.6%
55−60
−57.6%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+48.4%
31
−48.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+162%
12−14
−162%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+191%
23
−191%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+133%
18−20
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+136%
14−16
−136%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+100%
24
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+139%
23
−139%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+77.5%
71
−77.5%
Hitman 3 40−45
+135%
16−18
−135%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+96%
50−55
−96%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+173%
26
−173%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
+129%
24−27
−129%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+134%
27−30
−134%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
−58.7%
73
+58.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+57.6%
55−60
−57.6%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+318%
11
−318%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+162%
12−14
−162%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+133%
18−20
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+136%
14−16
−136%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+167%
18
−167%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+404%
25
−404%
Hitman 3 40−45
+135%
16−18
−135%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+96%
50−55
−96%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+134%
27−30
−134%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+229%
14
−229%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
+57.6%
55−60
−57.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
+129%
24−27
−129%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+179%
14
−179%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+107%
15
−107%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+163%
8
−163%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+375%
4−5
−375%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+156%
9−10
−156%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+140%
10
−140%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+156%
45
−156%
Hitman 3 24−27
+100%
12−14
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+133%
18−20
−133%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+153%
15
−153%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+320%
10−11
−320%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+200%
8−9
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+114%
55−60
−114%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+127%
14−16
−127%
Battlefield 5 20−22
+233%
6
−233%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+129%
7
−129%
Hitman 3 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110
+203%
35−40
−203%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+175%
8
−175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+110%
10
−110%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+140%
5−6
−140%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+175%
4
−175%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+155%
10−12
−155%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+360%
5−6
−360%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+100%
9−10
−100%

This is how Quadro M5500 and GTX 960M compete in popular games:

  • Quadro M5500 is 132% faster in 900p
  • Quadro M5500 is 121% faster in 1080p
  • Quadro M5500 is 133% faster in 1440p
  • Quadro M5500 is 114% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Quadro M5500 is 404% faster.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 960M is 59% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Quadro M5500 is ahead in 71 test (99%)
  • GTX 960M is ahead in 1 test (1%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.55 8.76
Recency 8 April 2016 13 March 2015
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 75 Watt

Quadro M5500 has a 134.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 960M, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.

The Quadro M5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 960M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M5500 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce GTX 960M is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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