Radeon R8 M445DX vs Quadro M5500

Place in performance ranking	251	837
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.91	0.09
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	GM204	Meso
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	4 April 2016 (8 years ago)	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Current price	$1700	$550

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro M5500 has 3133% better value for money than R8 M445DX.

Detailed specifications

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	704
Core clock speed	1139 MHz	720 / 1020 MHz
Boost clock speed	1140 MHz	1021 MHz
Number of transistors	5200 Million	1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	149.1	20.42

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M5500 and Radeon R8 M445DX compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	no data

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, DDR4
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 + 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6606 MHz	933 / 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

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

DirectX	12	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.0	6.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 20.50
+895%

R8 M445DX 2.06

Quadro M5500 outperforms Radeon R8 M445DX by 895% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro M5500 7915
+894%

R8 M445DX 796

Quadro M5500 outperforms Radeon R8 M445DX by 894% in Passmark.

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:

Full HD

140−150
+833%

−833%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +1067%	3−4 −1067%
Battlefield 5	65−70	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35	no data
Far Cry 5	45−50	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60	no data
Forza Horizon 4	90−95	no data
Hitman 3	40−45	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85	no data
Metro Exodus	65−70 +1033%	6−7 −1033%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +1067%	3−4 −1067%
Battlefield 5	65−70	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35	no data
Far Cry 5	45−50	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60	no data
Forza Horizon 4	90−95	no data
Hitman 3	40−45	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85	no data
Metro Exodus	65−70 +1033%	6−7 −1033%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +1067%	3−4 −1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35	no data
Far Cry 5	45−50	no data
Forza Horizon 4	90−95	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

55−60

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +1800%	1−2 −1800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14	no data
Far Cry 5	30−35	no data
Forza Horizon 4	40−45	no data
Hitman 3	24−27	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45	no data
Metro Exodus	35−40 +1167%	3−4 −1167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +950%	4−5 −950%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	20−22 +900%	2−3 −900%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18	no data
Hitman 3	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +950%	2−3 −950%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−12	no data
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +1300%	2−3 −1300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Metro Exodus	18−20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10	no data