Radeon Pro W5500 vs Quadro RTX 5000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro RTX 5000 and Radeon Pro W5500, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 5000
2018
16 GB GDDR6, 230 Watt
41.46
+75.2%

RTX 5000 outperforms Pro W5500 by an impressive 75% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking98237
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.3343.24
Power efficiency12.3612.98
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameTU104Navi 14
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 August 2018 (6 years ago)10 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,299 $399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro W5500 has 202% better value for money than RTX 5000.

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 cores30721408
Core clock speed1620 MHz1187 MHz
Boost clock speed1815 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rate348.5123.2
Floating-point processing power11.15 TFLOPS3.942 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs19288
Tensor Cores384no data
Ray Tracing Cores48no 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C4x DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA7.5-

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.

RTX 5000 41.46
+75.2%
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.

RTX 5000 15975
+75.1%
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 41.46 23.67
Recency 13 August 2018 10 February 2020
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 125 Watt

RTX 5000 has a 75.2% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Pro W5500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 84% lower power consumption.

The Quadro RTX 5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro W5500 in performance tests.


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