AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

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Combined performance score

RTX 6000
48.70
+245%

Quadro RTX 6000 outperforms Radeon RX 5500M by 245% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking56341
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money9.949.10
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code nameTU102Navi 14 / R19M-E85
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date13 August 2018 (5 years old)29 September 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,299 no data
Current price$3083 (0.5x MSRP)$998
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 6000 has 9% better value for money than RX 5500M.

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 cores46081408
Core clock speed1440 MHz1327 MHz
Boost clock speed1770 MHz1645 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)260 Watt85 Watt
Texture fill rate509.8144.8

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro RTX 6000 and Radeon RX 5500M 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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth672.0 GB/s224.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA7.5no 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.

RTX 6000 48.70
+245%
RX 5500M 14.12

Quadro RTX 6000 outperforms Radeon RX 5500M by 245% in our combined 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%

RTX 6000 18877
+245%
RX 5500M 5473

Quadro RTX 6000 outperforms Radeon RX 5500M by 245% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RTX 6000 137910
+256%
RX 5500M 38708

Quadro RTX 6000 outperforms Radeon RX 5500M by 256% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RTX 6000 113762
+231%
RX 5500M 34362

Quadro RTX 6000 outperforms Radeon RX 5500M by 231% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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 HD190−200
+233%
57
−233%
1440p160−170
+240%
47
−240%
4K100−110
+233%
30
−233%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 48.70 14.12
Recency 13 August 2018 29 September 2019
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 260 Watt 85 Watt

The Quadro RTX 6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 5500M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 6000 is a workstation card while Radeon RX 5500M is a notebook 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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