Radeon 7500 LE vs Quadro M5500

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	251	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	2.72	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code name	GM204	RV200
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	4 April 2016 (8 years ago)	14 August 2001 (22 years ago)
Current price	$1700	$5.95

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2048	no data
Core clock speed	1139 MHz	250 MHz
Boost clock speed	1140 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5200 Million	60 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	149.1	1.500

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro M5500 and Radeon 7500 LE 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). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	+	no data

Memory

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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6606 MHz	350 MHz
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	5.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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

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 support

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

DirectX	12	7.0
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	4 April 2016	14 August 2001
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	23 Watt

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