Radeon Pro W5500 vs Quadro P6000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P6000 and Radeon Pro W5500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro P6000
2016
24 GB 384-bit, 250 Watt
39.72
+67.8%

P6000 outperforms Pro W5500 by an impressive 68% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking108237
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.9443.24
Power efficiency10.8912.98
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameGP102Navi 14
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date1 October 2016 (8 years ago)10 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,999 $399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro W5500 has 997% better value for money than Quadro P6000.

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 cores38401408
Core clock speed1506 MHz1187 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rate394.8123.2
Floating-point processing power12.63 TFLOPS3.942 TFLOPS
ROPs9632
TMUs24088

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2" (5.1 cm)1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 8-pin1x 6-pin
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 type384 BitGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1127 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 432 GB/s224.0 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, 4x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Sync IIno data

Supported technologies

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

ECC (Error Correcting Code)+no data
3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
High-Performance Video I/O6+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.1-

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 P6000 39.72
+67.8%
Pro W5500 23.67

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 P6000 15307
+67.8%
Pro W5500 9122

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 39.72 23.67
Recency 1 October 2016 10 February 2020
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 125 Watt

Quadro P6000 has a 67.8% higher aggregate performance score, and a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Pro W5500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Quadro P6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro W5500 in performance tests.


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