Radeon Pro W5500M vs Quadro 6000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro 6000 with Radeon Pro W5500M, including specs and performance data.

Quadro 6000
2010
6 GB GDDR5, 204 Watt
6.97

Pro W5500M outperforms 6000 by a significant 29% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking556484
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.16no data
Power efficiency2.347.26
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameGF100Navi 14
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date10 December 2010 (14 years ago)10 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores4481408
Core clock speed574 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1450 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)204 Watt85 Watt
Texture fill rate32.14127.6
Floating-point processing power1.028 TFLOPS4.083 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs5688

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length248 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed747 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth143.4 GB/s192.0 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.0-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 6000 6.97
Pro W5500M 9.00
+29.1%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Quadro 6000 2685
Pro W5500M 3469
+29.2%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.97 9.00
Recency 10 December 2010 10 February 2020
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt 85 Watt

Quadro 6000 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Pro W5500M, on the other hand, has a 29.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 140% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro W5500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 6000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro 6000 is a workstation card while Radeon Pro W5500M is a mobile workstation 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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