Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile vs Radeon RX 550 512SP
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | Baffin | GP104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 13 October 2017 (8 years ago) | 11 January 2017 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $79 | no data |
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 | 512 | 2048 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 1019 MHz | 1164 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1071 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 7,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 34.27 | 192.8 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.097 TFLOPS | 6.169 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 16 | 64 ×2 |
| TMUs | 32 | 128 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | 768 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 2 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Length | 145 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 16 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | 192.0 GB/s ×2 |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Portable Device Dependent |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 6.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 October 2017 | 11 January 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 200 Watt |
RX 550 512SP has an age advantage of 9 months, a 14% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.
P5000 X2 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 550 512SP and Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 550 512SP is a desktop graphics card while Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
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