NVIDIA Quadro M5500 vs NVIDIA Quadro 4000M vs NVIDIA Quadro M620

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 4000M

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The NVIDIA Quadro 4000M is a professional workstation graphics card based on the Fermi architecture (or more specifically, probably the GF104). Unlike the 5010M, the 4000M does not support ECC memory and dual-precision (DP) floating point calculations.

The Quadro series offers certified drivers that are optimized for stability and performance in professional applications such as CAD or DCC. As a result, multiple scientific or business disciplines can make use of the workstation GPU. The OpenGL performance, for example, should be significantly better than consumer-oriented GeForce graphics cards of similar specifications.

The shader / CUDA cores can be accessed using DirectX 11 or OpenGL 4.1 for graphics rendering or DirectCompute, OpenCL, AXE, and CUDA for general purpose calculations. Due to the new Fermi core, the 4000M should offer higher performance in general purpose calculations compared to its predecessors.

Furthermore, the Nvidia Quadro 4000M is compatible with 3D Vision Pro, a new software solution by Nvidia for stereoscopic output.

The 4000M supports Nvidia Optimus in order to automatically switch between the integrated graphics card and the Quadro for power-saving purposes. Whether or not this feature is supported on a laptop, however, is dependent on the laptop manufacturer.

Similar to the GeForce GTX 480M, the Quadro 4000M is specified at 100 Watt TDP and is therefore only found in large laptops such as the Clevo D901F.

NVIDIA Quadro M620

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The 28nm NVIDIA Quadro M620 is a mid-range DirectX 12 (FL 11_0) and OpenGL 4.5-compatible graphics card for mobile workstations. It is a 1st generation Maxwell-based GPU built on the GM107 architecture with 512 of the 640 shader cores activated. Therefore, the GPU is not similar to any current consumer card. The Geforce GTX 950M, for example, uses the full 640 shader cores. The older Quadro M1000M offers very similar specs (same amount of shader cores and also based on the same chip but more graphics memory), but was intended for the Skylake generation. The M620 is intended for the Kaby Lake generation.

Performance

Due to the smaller amount of memory, the Quadro M620 should be slightly slower than the older Quadro M1000M. However, the exact clock speeds are not known up to now. In early benchmarks we have, the M1000M is about 9 % faster than the M620 in SPECviewperf 12.

Using CUDA (Compute Capability 5.0) or OpenCL 1.2, the cores of the Quadro M620 can be used for general calculations.

Power Consumption

The power consumption of the Quadro M620 is rated for a 30 Watt TGP including the board and memory components (21.2 Watt TDP), which is 10 Watt lower than the M1000M (which offers more memory). Therefore, the card is suited for 15-inch notebooks and greater.

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NVIDIA Quadro M5500

NVIDIA Quadro 4000M

NVIDIA Quadro M620

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

336 - unified

512 - unified

Core Speed

1139 - 1140 (Boost) MHz

475 MHz

1018 MHz

Memory Speed

6606 MHz

1200 MHz

5012 MHz

Memory Bus Width

256 Bit

128 Bit

Memory Type

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

100 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

Date of Announcement

04.04.2016

22.02.2011

13.01.2017

Codename

Fermi

Shader Speed

950 MHz

Link to Manufacturer Page

www.nvidia.com

www.nvidia.de

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - Quadro M620

1.2 pt (4%)

AMD Radeon HD 8180

0.05426 -95%

...

AMD Radeon RX Vega 9

1.044 -11%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

1.045 -11%

NVIDIA Quadro K5000M

1.047 -11%

NVIDIA Quadro K3100M

1.047 -11%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX

1.059 -10%

NVIDIA GeForce 945M

1.067 -9%

AMD FirePro W5170M

1.089 -7%

Qualcomm Adreno 690

1.097 -6%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

1.155 -1%

NVIDIA Quadro M620

1.171

AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200

1.181 1%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

1.198 2%

NVIDIA Quadro P520

1.204 3%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

1.253 7%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M

1.253 7%

AMD Radeon R9 M385X

1.274 9%

NVIDIA GeForce MX150

1.305 11%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11

1.308 12%

NVIDIA Quadro M1000M

1.309 12%

...

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop

18.4 1471%

max:

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

33.3 2744%

100%

3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score

100%

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP ZBook x2 G4-2ZC12EA	i7-8650U	Quadro M620 614 / 1252 MHz 2 GB	16 GB	11481
Dell Precision 3520	i7-7820HQ	Quadro M620 1019.6 / 1252.8 MHz 2 GB	32 GB	15759

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Dell Precision	2720QM	Quadro 4000M		2229
Dell Precision M6600	2920XM	Quadro 4000M 475 / 625 MHz 2 GB	8 GB	2440

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP ZBook x2 G4-3KK88AA	i7-8650U	Quadro M620 1018 / 1253 MHz 2 GB	32 GB	4015
HP ZBook x2 G4-2ZC12EA	i7-8650U	Quadro M620 614 / 1252 MHz 2 GB	16 GB	4140
Dell Precision 3520	i7-7820HQ	Quadro M620 1019.6 / 1252.8 MHz 2 GB	32 GB	4200

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
Dell Precision M6600 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	2920XM	Quadro 4000M 475 / 625 MHz 2 GB	8 GB	17727

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
Dell Precision 3520 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	i7-7820HQ	Quadro M620 1019.6 / 1252.8 MHz 2 GB	32 GB	24751

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	i7-7820HQ	Quadro M620 2 GB	8 GB	55.3
Dell Precision 3520	i7-7820HQ	Quadro M620 1019.6 / 1252.8 MHz 2 GB	32 GB	55.3
HP ZBook x2 G4-3KK88AA	i7-8650U	Quadro M620 1018 / 1253 MHz 2 GB	32 GB	57.3
HP ZBook x2 G4-2ZC12EA	i7-8650U	Quadro M620 614 / 1252 MHz 2 GB	16 GB	62.5

	NVIDIA Quadro M5500						NVIDIA Quadro 4000M						NVIDIA Quadro M620
	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
Rocket League													127.1	44.9	31.9			15.7
Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War III													70.3	18.7
Doom													60	36	22	17
Rise of the Tomb Raider													59	34	19	14.4		4.9
Star Wars Battlefront													110.6	64.3	28.92	24.37
The Witcher 3													53.9	32.83	18.62	10
Dirt Rally													249	118.5	62	28.2
Total War: Rome II													190.5	139.6	114.4	17.8
Company of Heroes 2													51.7	44.4	27.1	11.7
GRID 2													192.8	147.4	126	39.1
BioShock Infinite													176.4	105.6	92.3	35.6
	NVIDIA Quadro M5500						NVIDIA Quadro 4000M						NVIDIA Quadro M620
	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	3 3 5	1 5 3 2	5 1 3 1	7 2	2

NVIDIA Quadro M5500 vs NVIDIA Quadro 4000M vs NVIDIA Quadro M620