Radeon R7 M365 vs Quadro M5500
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 263 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) |
| GPU code name | GM204 | Litho |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 8 April 2016 (8 years ago) | 5 May 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 cores | 2048 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 1140 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1165 MHz | 960 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | 1,040 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 149.1 | 23.04 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.772 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 64 | 8 |
| TMUs | 128 | 24 |
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 |
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1753 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 211 GB/s | 32 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 | no data |
| Eyefinity | - | + |
| 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.
| FreeSync | - | + |
| HD3D | - | + |
| PowerTune | - | + |
| DualGraphics | - | + |
| ZeroCore | - | + |
| Switchable graphics | - | + |
| 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 | DirectX® 12 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | Not Listed |
| Vulkan | + | - |
| Mantle | - | + |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 April 2016 | 5 May 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Quadro M5500 has an age advantage of 11 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Quadro M5500 and Radeon R7 M365. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro M5500 is a mobile workstation card while Radeon R7 M365 is a desktop 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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