Radeon RX 480 vs Quadro M5500

Place in performance ranking	251	230
Place by popularity	not in top-100	98
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.93	11.43
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name	GM204	Polaris 10 Ellesmere
GCN generation	no data	4th Gen
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	4 April 2016 (8 years ago)	29 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$229
Current price	$1700	$174 (0.8x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 480 has 290% better value for money than Quadro M5500.

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	2304
Compute units	no data	36
Core clock speed	1139 MHz	1120 MHz
Boost clock speed	1140 MHz	1266 MHz
Number of transistors	5200 Million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	149.1	182.3
Floating-point performance	no data	5,834 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M5500 and Radeon RX 480 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
Bus support	no data	n/a
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	no data
Bridgeless CrossFire	no data	1

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6606 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	224 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	no data	1
HDMI	no data	2.0
DisplayPort support	no data	1.4HDR
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.

AppAcceleration	no data	n/a
CrossFire	no data	1
Enduro	no data	n/a
FRTC	no data	1
FreeSync	no data	+
HD3D	no data	n/a
LiquidVR	no data	1
PowerTune	no data	+
TressFX	no data	1
TrueAudio	no data	n/a
ZeroCore	no data	+
UVD	no data	+
VCE	no data	+
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	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	+
Mantle	no data	n/a
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 20.49

RX 480 22.33
+9%

Radeon RX 480 outperforms Quadro M5500 by 9% 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

RX 480 8625
+9%

Radeon RX 480 outperforms Quadro M5500 by 9% 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	75−80 −9.3%	82 +9.3%
1440p	50−55 −14%	57 +14%
4K	30−35 −20%	36 +20%

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	no data
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	no data
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	no data
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	no data
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	no data
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	no data
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	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45	no data
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	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18	no data
Hitman 3	16−18	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24	no data

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	no data
Far Cry 5	10−12	no data
Forza Horizon 4	27−30	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Metro Exodus	18−20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10	no data