Radeon RX 5600M vs Quadro M5500

Place in performance ranking	253	230
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.78	35.04
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code name	GM204	Navi 10
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	4 April 2016 (8 years ago)	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price	$1700	$525

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5600M has 1160% 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
Core clock speed	1139 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1140 MHz	1265 MHz
Number of transistors	5200 Million	10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	149.1	182.2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M5500 and Radeon RX 5600M 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	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	6606 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	288.0 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	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_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2
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 20.47

RX 5600M 22.52
+10%

Radeon RX 5600M outperforms Quadro M5500 by 10% based on our aggregated 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 5600M 8705
+10%

Radeon RX 5600M outperforms Quadro M5500 by 10% 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	70−75 −17.1%	82 +17.1%
1440p	50−55 −18%	59 +18%
4K	30−35 −16.7%	35 +16.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

−9.1%

35−40
+9.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −63.4%	67 +63.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 −100%	70 +100%
Battlefield 5	65−70 −10.4%	70−75 +10.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −68.9%	76 +68.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −9.1%	35−40 +9.1%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −5.8%	55−60 +5.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 −8.8%	60−65 +8.8%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −9%	70−75 +9%
Hitman 3	45−50 −10.2%	50−55 +10.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 −121%	150 +121%
Metro Exodus	60−65 −125%	137 +125%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 −35.7%	76 +35.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 −13.6%	65−70 +13.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −105%	78 +105%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −46.3%	60 +46.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 −65.7%	58 +65.7%
Battlefield 5	65−70 −10.4%	70−75 +10.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −8.9%	45−50 +8.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −9.1%	35−40 +9.1%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +52.9%	34 −52.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +54.1%	37 −54.1%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −9%	70−75 +9%
Hitman 3	45−50 −12.2%	55 +12.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 −94.1%	132 +94.1%
Metro Exodus	60−65 −21.3%	74 +21.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60 −21.4%	68 +21.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 +68.6%	35 −68.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 −131%	104 +131%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −84.2%	70 +84.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −19.5%	49 +19.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 −28.6%	45 +28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −11.1%	50 +11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −9.1%	35−40 +9.1%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −5.8%	55−60 +5.8%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −9%	70−75 +9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 −48.5%	101 +48.5%
Metro Exodus	60−65 −9.8%	67 +9.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 −42.2%	64 +42.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +18.8%	32 −18.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

55−60

−19.6%

67
+19.6%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −10.3%	40−45 +10.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 −14.6%	45−50 +14.6%
Hitman 3	30−33 −23.3%	37 +23.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −66.7%	25 +66.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −9.1%	24−27 +9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 −26.3%	24 +26.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −11.1%	30−33 +11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −11.8%	35−40 +11.8%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −10%	40−45 +10%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −73.8%	73 +73.8%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −10.5%	40−45 +10.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −14.3%	45−50 +14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −13%	24−27 +13%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 −85.7%	26 +85.7%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	40−45 −7.5%	40−45 +7.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −13.6%	24−27 +13.6%
Hitman 3	16−18 −25%	20 +25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −8.7%	24−27 +8.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −7.1%	14−16 +7.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −14.3%	24−27 +14.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −7.7%	14−16 +7.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 −27.3%	14 +27.3%
Battlefield 5	24−27 −70.8%	41 +70.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −13.3%	16−18 +13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −10.7%	30−35 +10.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −69.6%	39 +69.6%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −15.8%	21−24 +15.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −44.4%	13 +44.4%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

−11.1%

20−22
+11.1%

This is how Quadro M5500 and RX 5600M compete in popular games:

RX 5600M is 17% faster in 1080p
RX 5600M is 18% faster in 1440p
RX 5600M is 17% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Quadro M5500 is 69% faster than the RX 5600M.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 5600M is 131% faster than the Quadro M5500.

All in all, in popular games:

Quadro M5500 is ahead in 4 tests (6%)
RX 5600M is ahead in 68 tests (94%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	20.47	22.52
Recency	4 April 2016	7 January 2020
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	60 Watt