GeForce GTX 980 Mobile vs Quadro M5500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M5500 with GeForce GTX 980 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Quadro M5500
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
20.51

GTX 980 Mobile outperforms M5500 by a small 5% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking262249
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data18.79
Power efficiency9.877.78
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGM204GM204
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date8 April 2016 (8 years ago)21 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$395.82

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores20482048
Core clock speed1140 MHz1064 MHz
Boost clock speed1165 MHz1216 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt100-200 Watt
Texture fill rate149.1136.2
Floating-point processing power4.772 TFLOPS4.358 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs128128

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
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
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 amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1753 MHz7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth211 GB/s224 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 outputsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor supportno data4 displays
VGA аnalog display supportno data+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno data+
HDMI-+
HDCP-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Display Port1.2no data
G-SYNC support++
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported technologies

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

GameStream-+
GeForce ShadowPlay-+
GPU Boostno data2.0
GameWorks-+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder-+
Optimus-+
BatteryBoost-+
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 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
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 HD90−95
−5.6%
95
+5.6%
4K45−50
−6.7%
48
+6.7%

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 45−50
−6.5%
45−50
+6.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−11.8%
35−40
+11.8%
Battlefield 5 65−70
−9%
70−75
+9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
−7.1%
45−50
+7.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−9.1%
35−40
+9.1%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−6.3%
50−55
+6.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
−7.3%
55−60
+7.3%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−6.3%
130−140
+6.3%
Hitman 3 40−45
−10%
40−45
+10%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
−7.1%
100−110
+7.1%
Metro Exodus 70−75
−8.5%
75−80
+8.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
−7.3%
55−60
+7.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
−8.8%
70−75
+8.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
−4.3%
95−100
+4.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
−6.5%
45−50
+6.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−11.8%
35−40
+11.8%
Battlefield 5 65−70
−9%
70−75
+9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
−7.1%
45−50
+7.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−9.1%
35−40
+9.1%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−6.3%
50−55
+6.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
−7.3%
55−60
+7.3%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−6.3%
130−140
+6.3%
Hitman 3 40−45
−10%
40−45
+10%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
−7.1%
100−110
+7.1%
Metro Exodus 70−75
−8.5%
75−80
+8.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
−7.3%
55−60
+7.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
−8.8%
70−75
+8.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
−170%
124
+170%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
−4.3%
95−100
+4.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
−6.5%
45−50
+6.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−11.8%
35−40
+11.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
−7.1%
45−50
+7.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−9.1%
35−40
+9.1%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−6.3%
50−55
+6.3%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−6.3%
130−140
+6.3%
Hitman 3 40−45
−10%
40−45
+10%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
−7.1%
100−110
+7.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
−8.8%
70−75
+8.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+4.5%
44
−4.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95
−4.3%
95−100
+4.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
−7.3%
55−60
+7.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
−7.7%
40−45
+7.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
−9.7%
30−35
+9.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−9.5%
21−24
+9.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
−10.5%
21−24
+10.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
−8.7%
24−27
+8.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−8.3%
12−14
+8.3%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−8.3%
24−27
+8.3%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
−8.7%
120−130
+8.7%
Hitman 3 24−27
−8.3%
24−27
+8.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−7.1%
45−50
+7.1%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−10.5%
40−45
+10.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
−11.9%
45−50
+11.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−8.3%
24−27
+8.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
−6.7%
120−130
+6.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
−8.8%
35−40
+8.8%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 20−22
−10%
21−24
+10%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−6.3%
16−18
+6.3%
Hitman 3 16−18
−6.3%
16−18
+6.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110
−8.5%
110−120
+8.5%
Metro Exodus 21−24
−9.1%
24−27
+9.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−42.9%
30
+42.9%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−8.3%
12−14
+8.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−9.1%
12−14
+9.1%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−7.1%
30−33
+7.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−13%
24−27
+13%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−5.6%
18−20
+5.6%

This is how Quadro M5500 and GTX 980 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • GTX 980 Mobile is 6% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 980 Mobile is 7% 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 Ultra Preset, the Quadro M5500 is 5% faster.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 980 Mobile is 170% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Quadro M5500 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • GTX 980 Mobile is ahead in 71 test (99%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.51 21.54
Recency 8 April 2016 21 September 2015
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 100 Watt

Quadro M5500 has an age advantage of 6 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 980 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 5% higher aggregate performance score, and 50% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Quadro M5500 and GeForce GTX 980 Mobile.

Be aware that Quadro M5500 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce GTX 980 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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