AMD Radeon Pro 5500M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 5500M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro 5500M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
912.9x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 16 nm
Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 5 GB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 675 vs 614
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36530 vs 33562
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3670 vs 3417
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3670 vs 3417

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Nov 2019 vs 26 December 2017
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 120 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 5 GB
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	675 vs 614
Geekbench - OpenCL	36530 vs 33562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3670 vs 3417
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3670 vs 3417

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9039 vs 6834
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10818 vs 9175
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10818 vs 9175
Around 14% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3907 vs 3426

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9039 vs 6834
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10818 vs 9175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10818 vs 9175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3907 vs 3426

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6834

9039

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

675

614

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

36530

33562

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9175

10818

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3670

3417

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9175

10818

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3670

3417

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3358

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3426

3907

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 5500M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark	6834	9039
PassMark - G2D Mark	675	614
Geekbench - OpenCL	36530	33562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1860.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	11.238
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	596.819
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9175	10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3670	3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9175	10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3670	3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3426	3907

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 5500M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Pascal
Code name	Navi 14	GP106
Launch date	13 Nov 2019	26 December 2017
Place in performance rating	365	309
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1709 MHz
Compute units	24
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	249.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	3.994 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1536	1280
Pixel fill rate	41.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		250 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	5 GB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	160.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	160 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5