Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile vs Quadro M5500

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking264not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM204GP104
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date4 April 2016 (8 years ago)11 January 2017 (7 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 cores20482048
Core clock speed1139 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1140 MHz1506 MHz
Number of transistors5200 Million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate149.1192.8
Floating-point processing power4.772 gflopsno data

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 sizelargeno data
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 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6606 MHz6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth211 GB/s192.0 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 outputsPortable Device Dependent
Display Port1.2no data
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

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

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 April 2016 11 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 200 Watt

Quadro M5500 has 33.3% lower power consumption.

P5000 X2 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M5500 and Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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