AMD Radeon RX 470 vs NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Ellesmere | GM204 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Polaris 10 PRO (215-0876204) | — |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 5,200 million |
| Die size | 232 mm² | 398 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Aug 4th, 2016 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Arctic Islands | — |
| Production | Active | — |
| Launch price | 179 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 46 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Pirate Islands | — |
| Successor | Polaris | — |
Clocks
| Base clock | 926 MHz | 1140 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1206 MHz | 1165 MHz |
| Memory clock | 1650 MHz 6.6 Gbps effective | 1753 MHz 7 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 211.2 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 2048 | 2048 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 128 | 128 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Compute units | 32 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 48 KB (per SMM) |
| Cache L2 | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| SMM count | — | 16 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 38.59 GPixel/s | 74.56 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 154.4 GTexel/s | 149.1 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 4.940 TFLOPS (1:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 4.940 TFLOPS | 4.772 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 308.7 GFLOPS (1:16) | 149.1 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 240 mm 9.4 inches | — |
| Width | 95 mm 3.7 inches | — |
| Height | 35 mm 1.4 inches | — |
| TDP | 120 W | 150 W |
| Suggested PSU | 300 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
| Board number | C940, D000-03, D009-07 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| CUDA | — | 5.2 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Apr 8th, 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | Quadro Mobile (Mx000M) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | MXM-B (3.0) |
