Quadro GV100 vs Radeon PRO W5500
With 32GB on board versus 8GB for the Radeon PRO W5500, the Quadro GV100 carries more headroom for large models and memory-hungry workloads. Its memory bandwidth is 288% higher (870 GB/s vs 224 GB/s), translating directly to faster inference throughput.
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Quadro GV100 vs Radeon PRO W5500: In-Depth Breakdown
VRAM: Quadro GV100 vs Radeon PRO W5500
With 32GB of VRAM against the Radeon PRO W5500's 8GB, the Quadro GV100 has a 24GB edge. VRAM is what determines whether a model fits without quantization at all — a 70B-parameter model in FP16 needs around 140GB, and smaller models still benefit from spare capacity. That extra headroom lets the Quadro GV100 load bigger models and run larger production batch sizes.
Inference Speed: Memory Bandwidth
Memory bandwidth determines how quickly data is fed to the compute units — it's the main bottleneck for autoregressive inference (token generation in LLMs). The Quadro GV100 delivers 870 GB/s versus 224 GB/s on the Radeon PRO W5500, a 288% edge. For models already loaded into VRAM, token generation speed scales closely with this number: the Quadro GV100 will produce tokens proportionally faster in bandwidth-bound workloads.
AI Training & Compute
FP32 throughput is the metric that matters most for training, scientific simulation, and rendering work. The Quadro GV100 posts 14.8 TFLOPS versus 5 TFLOPS on the Radeon PRO W5500, a 196% compute lead. Expect training jobs and heavy matrix math to finish proportionally sooner on the Quadro GV100.
Which should you buy: Quadro GV100 or Radeon PRO W5500?
For large-model workloads bottlenecked on VRAM, the Quadro GV100 is the better pick. The Radeon PRO W5500 costs less and holds up fine if your models fit inside its 8GB.
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Technical Specifications Comparison
Architecture & Cores
| Specification | Quadro GV100 | Radeon PRO W5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Volta | RDNA 1 |
| CUDA Cores (CUDA Cores / Stream Processors) | 5,120✓ | 1,408 |
Memory
| Specification | Quadro GV100 | Radeon PRO W5500 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM Capacity | 32 GB✓ | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | HBM2 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 4096-bit✓ | 128-bit |
| Bandwidth | 870 GB/s✓ | 224 GB/s |
Connectivity & Power
| Specification | Quadro GV100 | Radeon PRO W5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| TDP | 250 W | 75 W✓ |
| Released | Mar 2018 | Nov 2019 |
Workstation
| Specification | Quadro GV100 | Radeon PRO W5500 |
|---|---|---|
| FP32 (TFLOPS) | 14.8 TFLOPS✓ | 5 TFLOPS |
| ECC | Yes | Yes |
| NVLink | Yes✓ | No |
| Form factor | dual-slot | dual-slot |