Quadro M5500 vs GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile with Quadro M5500, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile
2016
2x 8 GB GDDR5
41.99
+105%

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile outperforms M5500 by a whopping 105% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking93265
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data9.46
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIGM204
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date16 August 2016 (8 years ago)8 April 2016 (8 years ago)

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 cores40962048
Core clock speed1443 MHz1140 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHz1165 MHz
Number of transistors14400 Million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data150 Watt
Texture fill rateno data149.1
Floating-point processing powerno data4.772 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data128

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).

Laptop sizelargelarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options++

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz1753 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data211 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs
Display Portno data1.2
G-SYNC support++

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision Prono data+
Mosaicno data+
VR Ready++
nView Display Managementno data+
Optimusno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_112
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.5
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan++
CUDA++

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 HD133
+122%
60−65
−122%
4K78
+123%
35−40
−123%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+121%
30−35
−121%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+89.1%
45−50
−89.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+109%
30−35
−109%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+97%
65−70
−97%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+97.6%
40−45
−97.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+121%
30−35
−121%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+83.3%
45−50
−83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+85.5%
55−60
−85.5%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+55.6%
120−130
−55.6%
Hitman 3 85−90
+120%
40−45
−120%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+73.5%
95−100
−73.5%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+83.1%
70−75
−83.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+72.7%
55−60
−72.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+124%
65−70
−124%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+40.9%
90−95
−40.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+89.1%
45−50
−89.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+109%
30−35
−109%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+97%
65−70
−97%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+97.6%
40−45
−97.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+121%
30−35
−121%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+83.3%
45−50
−83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+85.5%
55−60
−85.5%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+55.6%
120−130
−55.6%
Hitman 3 85−90
+120%
40−45
−120%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+73.5%
95−100
−73.5%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+83.1%
70−75
−83.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+72.7%
55−60
−72.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+124%
65−70
−124%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 170
+270%
45−50
−270%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+40.9%
90−95
−40.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+89.1%
45−50
−89.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+109%
30−35
−109%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+97.6%
40−45
−97.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+121%
30−35
−121%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+83.3%
45−50
−83.3%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+55.6%
120−130
−55.6%
Hitman 3 85−90
+120%
40−45
−120%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+73.5%
95−100
−73.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+124%
65−70
−124%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100
+117%
45−50
−117%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+40.9%
90−95
−40.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+72.7%
55−60
−72.7%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
+105%
35−40
−105%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+103%
30−35
−103%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+114%
21−24
−114%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
+142%
18−20
−142%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+113%
21−24
−113%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+183%
12−14
−183%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+100%
24−27
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+99.1%
110−120
−99.1%
Hitman 3 50−55
+125%
24−27
−125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+114%
40−45
−114%
Metro Exodus 75−80
+103%
35−40
−103%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
+140%
40−45
−140%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+154%
24−27
−154%
Watch Dogs: Legion 190−200
+65%
120−130
−65%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75
+109%
30−35
−109%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
+110%
20−22
−110%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+119%
16−18
−119%
Hitman 3 30−35
+113%
16−18
−113%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+76.4%
100−110
−76.4%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+141%
21−24
−141%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 72
+243%
21−24
−243%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+133%
12−14
−133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+145%
10−12
−145%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+118%
10−12
−118%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+107%
27−30
−107%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+148%
21−24
−148%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
+133%
9−10
−133%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+106%
18−20
−106%

This is how GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and Quadro M5500 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is 122% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is 123% faster in 4K

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is 270% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 1070 SLI Mobile surpassed Quadro M5500 in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 41.99 20.52
Recency 16 August 2016 8 April 2016
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile has a 104.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro M5500 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is a notebook graphics card while Quadro M5500 is a mobile workstation one.


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