NVIDIA Quadro M5500 vs NVIDIA Quadro 2000M vs NVIDIA Quadro M600M

NVIDIA Quadro M5500

The Nvidia Quadro M5500 is a high-end, DirectX 12 (FL_12_1) and OpenGL 4.5-compatible graphics card for mobile workstations. It is a Maxwell-based GPU built on the GM204 chip with all 2048 shader cores activated and is manufactured in 28 nm at TSMC. Therefore, the GPU is similar to the consumer Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 (Notebook). Compared to the slower and less power hungry Quadro M5000M, the M5500 offers 512 more shaders which should result in 30-40% more performance according to Nvidia.

The Quadro series offers certified drivers that are optimized for stability and performance in professional applications like CAD or DCC. OpenGL performance, for example, should be significantly better compared to GeForce graphics cards of similar specifications.

Using CUDA (Compute Capability 5.2) or OpenCL 1.2, the cores of the Quadro M5000M can be used for general calculations.

The power consumption of the Quadro M5000M is rated at the same TGP of 150 Watt. Therefore, the card is suited for very large notebooks with 17-inch displays or greater.

The first laptop with the M5500 in it is the MSI WT72 Workstation.

NVIDIA Quadro 2000M

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The NVIDIA Quadro 2000M is a professional workstation graphics card based on the Fermi architecture (likely the GF104 or GF106). It offers the same amount of shaders like the GeForce GTX 460M, but only a 128 Bit memory bus for DDR3 memory. The slow DDR3 memory in particular could be a bottleneck to the GPU

The Quadro series offers certified drivers that are optimized for stability and performance in professional applications like CAD, DCC, medicine, or visualisation areas. OpenGL performance, for example, should be significantly better than GeForce graphics cards of similar specifications.

The shader/CUDA cores can be accessed using DirectX 11 or OpenGL 4.1 for graphics rendering and DirectCompute, OpenCL, AXE, and CUDA for general purpose calculations. Due to the new Fermi core, the 2000M should offer high performance in general purpose calculations.

Furthermore, the Nvidia Quadro 2000M is compatible with the new stereoscopic solution by Nvidia, NVIDIA 3D Vision Pro.

To automatically switch between the processor graphics card and the Quadro, the 2000M supports Nvidia Optimus. The implementation of the technology into specific notebook models is dependent on the laptop vendor.

The Quadro 2000M is specified at 55 Watt TDP and is therefore best suited for 15.6" or greater laptops.

NVIDIA Quadro M600M

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The 28nm NVIDIA Quadro M600M is an entry-level DirectX 12 (FL 11_0) and OpenGL 4.5-compatible graphics card for mobile workstations. It is a 1st generation Maxwell GPU that is most likely built on the GM107 architecture with 384 of the 640 shader cores activated. Compared to the older Quadro K620M and consumer GeForce 940M, the GPU offers a 128-Bit memory bus that separates it from the GM108-based K620M. The M600M typically comes with 2 GB GDDR5 VRAM clocked at 1250 MHz (5000 MHz effective at 80 GB/s instead of 16 GB/s on the K620M).

In the Lenovo Thinkpad P70 the M600M is clocked at 837 - 876 MHz (Boost) for the shaders, and 1253 MHz (5012 MHz effektive) for the 2 GB GDDR5 from Samsung (thanks to our reader John for the GPU-Z screenshot).

Performance

The Quadro M600M is about 20% faster than the previous Quadro K620M thanks to the wider 128-bit memory interface and pretty much right between the siblings Quadro M500M & Quadro M1000M. The consumer GPU GeForce 940MX is beaten by ~10-15%, while the GeForce GTX 950M is another 20% faster.

Using CUDA (Compute Capability 5.0) or OpenCL 1.2, the cores of the Quadro M600M can be used for general calculations.

Power Consumption

The power consumption of the Quadro M600M is rated at the same 30 Watt TGP as the K620M including the board and memory components. Therefore, the card is also suited for thin and light notebooks.

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NVIDIA Quadro M5500

NVIDIA Quadro 2000M

NVIDIA Quadro M600M

Quadro M Series

Quadro M5500	2048 @ 1.14 - 1.14 GHz	256 Bit @ 6606 MHz
Quadro M5000M	1536 @ 0.96 - 1.05 GHz	256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Quadro M4000M	1280 @ 0.98 - 1.01 GHz	256 Bit @ 5012 MHz
Quadro M3000M	1024 @ 1.05 GHz	256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Quadro M2200	1024 @ 0.69 - 1.04 GHz	128 Bit @ 5508 MHz
Quadro M1200	640 @ 0.99 - 1.15 GHz	128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Quadro M2000M	640 @ 1.04 - 1.2 GHz	128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Quadro M1000M	512 @ 0.99 - 1.07 GHz	128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Quadro M620	512 @ 1.02 GHz	128 Bit @ 5012 MHz
Quadro 5010M	384 @ 0.45 GHz	256 Bit @ 1300 MHz
Quadro 4000M	336 @ 0.48 GHz	256 Bit @ 1200 MHz
Quadro M520	384 @ 0.76 - 1.02 GHz	64 Bit
Quadro M600M	384 @ 0.84 - 0.88 GHz	128 Bit @ 5012 MHz
Quadro M500M	384 @ 1.03 - 1.12 GHz	64 Bit @ 4004 MHz
Quadro 5000M	320 @ 0.41 GHz	256 Bit @ 1200 MHz
Quadro 3000M	240 @ 0.45 GHz	256 Bit @ 625 MHz
Quadro 2000M	192 @ 0.55 GHz	128 Bit @ 900 MHz
Quadro 1000M	96 @ 0.7 GHz	128 Bit @ 900 MHz

Quadro M5500	2048 @ 1.14 - 1.14 GHz	256 Bit @ 6606 MHz
Quadro M5000M	1536 @ 0.96 - 1.05 GHz	256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Quadro M4000M	1280 @ 0.98 - 1.01 GHz	256 Bit @ 5012 MHz
Quadro M3000M	1024 @ 1.05 GHz	256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Quadro M2200	1024 @ 0.69 - 1.04 GHz	128 Bit @ 5508 MHz
Quadro M1200	640 @ 0.99 - 1.15 GHz	128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Quadro M2000M	640 @ 1.04 - 1.2 GHz	128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Quadro M1000M	512 @ 0.99 - 1.07 GHz	128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Quadro M620	512 @ 1.02 GHz	128 Bit @ 5012 MHz
Quadro 5010M	384 @ 0.45 GHz	256 Bit @ 1300 MHz
Quadro 4000M	336 @ 0.48 GHz	256 Bit @ 1200 MHz
Quadro M520	384 @ 0.76 - 1.02 GHz	64 Bit
Quadro M600M	384 @ 0.84 - 0.88 GHz	128 Bit @ 5012 MHz
Quadro M500M	384 @ 1.03 - 1.12 GHz	64 Bit @ 4004 MHz
Quadro 5000M	320 @ 0.41 GHz	256 Bit @ 1200 MHz
Quadro 3000M	240 @ 0.45 GHz	256 Bit @ 625 MHz
Quadro 2000M	192 @ 0.55 GHz	128 Bit @ 900 MHz
Quadro 1000M	96 @ 0.7 GHz	128 Bit @ 900 MHz

Quadro M5500	2048 @ 1.14 - 1.14 GHz	256 Bit @ 6606 MHz
Quadro M5000M	1536 @ 0.96 - 1.05 GHz	256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Quadro M4000M	1280 @ 0.98 - 1.01 GHz	256 Bit @ 5012 MHz
Quadro M3000M	1024 @ 1.05 GHz	256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Quadro M2200	1024 @ 0.69 - 1.04 GHz	128 Bit @ 5508 MHz
Quadro M1200	640 @ 0.99 - 1.15 GHz	128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Quadro M2000M	640 @ 1.04 - 1.2 GHz	128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Quadro M1000M	512 @ 0.99 - 1.07 GHz	128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Quadro M620	512 @ 1.02 GHz	128 Bit @ 5012 MHz
Quadro 5010M	384 @ 0.45 GHz	256 Bit @ 1300 MHz
Quadro 4000M	336 @ 0.48 GHz	256 Bit @ 1200 MHz
Quadro M520	384 @ 0.76 - 1.02 GHz	64 Bit
Quadro M600M	384 @ 0.84 - 0.88 GHz	128 Bit @ 5012 MHz
Quadro M500M	384 @ 1.03 - 1.12 GHz	64 Bit @ 4004 MHz
Quadro 5000M	320 @ 0.41 GHz	256 Bit @ 1200 MHz
Quadro 3000M	240 @ 0.45 GHz	256 Bit @ 625 MHz
Quadro 2000M	192 @ 0.55 GHz	128 Bit @ 900 MHz
Quadro 1000M	96 @ 0.7 GHz	128 Bit @ 900 MHz

Architecture

Maxwell

Fermi

Maxwell

Pipelines

2048 - unified

192 - unified

384 - unified

Core Speed

1139 - 1140 (Boost) MHz

550 MHz

837 - 876 (Boost) MHz

Memory Speed

6606 MHz

900 MHz

5012 MHz

Memory Bus Width

256 Bit

128 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

DDR3

GDDR5

Max. Amount of Memory

8 GB

2048 MB

Shared Memory

API

DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.5

DirectX 11, Shader 5.0

DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.5

Power Consumption

150 Watt

55 Watt

30 Watt

Transistors

5.2 Billion

technology

28 nm

40 nm

28 nm

Features

CUDA, 3D Vision, PhysX, GeForce Experience, Surround, GameStream, GPU Boost 2.0, Adaptive Vertical Sync, G-SYNC, SLI

OpenGl 4.1, FP32

Optimus, PhysX, 3D Vision Pro, nView, Optimus

Notebook Size

large

medium sized

large

Date of Announcement

04.04.2016

22.02.2011

02.10.2015

Codename

Fermi

Shader Speed

1100 MHz

Link to Manufacturer Page

www.nvidia.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - Quadro M600M

0.9 pt (3%)

AMD Radeon HD 8180

0.05426 -94%

...

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M

0.85 -6%

AMD FirePro M5100

0.871 -4%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M

0.872 -4%

NVIDIA Quadro M520

0.876 -4%

NVIDIA GeForce MX130

0.878 -3%

NVIDIA GeForce 845M

0.884 -3%

Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs

0.888 -2%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

0.891 -2%

AMD Radeon R9 M370X

0.905 0%

NVIDIA Quadro M600M

0.909

AMD Radeon RX Vega 5

0.912 0%

NVIDIA GeForce MX230

0.923 2%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M

0.928 2%

Intel UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)

0.934 3%

Intel UHD Graphics 770

0.994 9%

AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100

1 10%

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)

1.026 13%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 9

1.044 15%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

1.045 15%

...

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop

18.4 1924%

max:

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

33.3 3563%

100%

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score

100%

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo Thinkpad W520	2720QM	Quadro 2000M 2 GB	16 GB	1416
Dell Precision M4600	2920XM	Quadro 2000M 550 / 900 MHz 2 GB	8 GB	1421
Lenovo ThinkPad W520	2820QM	Quadro 2000M 550 / 900 MHz 2 GB	8 GB	1428

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
Lenovo Thinkpad W520 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	2720QM	Quadro 2000M 2 GB	16 GB	11575
Lenovo ThinkPad W520 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	2820QM	Quadro 2000M 550 / 900 MHz 2 GB	8 GB	11656
Dell Precision M4600 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	2920XM	Quadro 2000M 550 / 900 MHz 2 GB	8 GB	11747

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
Lenovo ThinkPad P70-20ER000BMS (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	6700HQ	Quadro M600M 875 / 1253 MHz 2 GB	8 GB	20563

	NVIDIA Quadro M5500						NVIDIA Quadro 2000M						NVIDIA Quadro M600M
	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
For Honor													36.3	24.6	23.1	16
Battlefield 1													73.7	42.7	18.3	16.3
Deus Ex Mankind Divided													29	21.6	11.5	5.8
Rise of the Tomb Raider													46.2	28.6	15.3	12.7
Star Wars Battlefront													83	47.9	21.4	18.5
The Witcher 3													43	26.2	14.2	7.6
Battlefield 4													103.9	65.2	47.1	20.6
BioShock Infinite													127.6	80.2	71.7	26.9
	NVIDIA Quadro M5500						NVIDIA Quadro 2000M						NVIDIA Quadro M600M
	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps							< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps							< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps	1 3 3 1	4 2 2	6 1 1	8

NVIDIA Quadro M5500 vs NVIDIA Quadro 2000M vs NVIDIA Quadro M600M