Quadro M5000 SE vs Quadro M5500

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking268not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency9.38no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGM204GM204
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date8 April 2016 (8 years ago)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 cores20482048
Core clock speed1140 MHz861 MHz
Boost clock speed1165 MHz1038 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate149.1132.9
Floating-point processing power4.772 TFLOPS4.252 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs128128

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin
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 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1753 MHz6612 MHz
Memory bandwidth211 GB/s211.6 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 outputs1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort
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.

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.

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 100 Watt

M5000 SE has 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M5500 and Quadro M5000 SE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M5500 is a mobile workstation card while Quadro M5000 SE is a workstation one.


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