NVIDIA Quadro M5500
The NVIDIA Quadro M5500 is a workstation graphics card released on April 8, 2016. It has 8 GB of video memory and a 150 W board power rating. It scores 7,915 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.5.
Depth: 23 recorded fields, 4 features
Specification data last verified August 11, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix. Coverage: 4 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA Quadro M5500 scores 7,915 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 86.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #370), measured across 3 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 698.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro M5500 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 8 GB of memory, a core clock of 861 MHz, DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2016-03-28. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Not to be confused with
This page covers the NVIDIA Quadro M5500 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Memory
The NVIDIA Quadro M5500 is equipped with 8 GB of memory.
Board and power
The NVIDIA Quadro M5500 has a board power rating of 150 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA Quadro M5500 was released on April 8, 2016.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA Quadro M5500 supports DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.5.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA Quadro M5500. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA Quadro M5500. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA Quadro M5500.
Media engine
The NVIDIA Quadro M5500 provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265). It does not support hardware encode for AV1.
| Codec | Encode | Decode |
|---|---|---|
| H.264 (AVC) | Supported4:4:4: Yes | Not stated by the vendor |
| HEVC (H.265) | Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: No; 10-bit: No; B-frames: No; 8K: No | Not stated by the vendor |
| AV1 | Not supported | Not stated by the vendor |
supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor
Not listed: VP9. No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA Quadro M5500 supports this codec; that is silence, not a statement that it is unsupported.
Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA Quadro M5500: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (5th Generation, encoder engines: 2).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Quadro M5500 have?
The NVIDIA Quadro M5500 has 8 GB of video memory.
How much power does the NVIDIA Quadro M5500 use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA Quadro M5500 has a board power rating of 150 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro M5500?
The NVIDIA Quadro M5500 scores 7,915 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 86.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #370.
Does the NVIDIA Quadro M5500 support AV1 encoding?
No. Feex records AV1 hardware encoding as explicitly not supported on the NVIDIA Quadro M5500.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA Quadro M5500 use?
The NVIDIA Quadro M5500 connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA Quadro M5500 released?
The NVIDIA Quadro M5500 was released on April 8, 2016.