AMD Radeon Pro 5500M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 5500M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 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 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
  • Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36530 vs 33551
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1860.146 vs 1373.562
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.238 vs 8.694
  • 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.947 vs 21.766
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 596.819 vs 454.799
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 Nov 2019 vs 19 July 2016
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 6 GB
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 36530 vs 33551
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1860.146 vs 1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.238 vs 8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.947 vs 21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 596.819 vs 454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

  • Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1300 MHz
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10080 vs 6834
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 752 vs 675
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 119.148 vs 105.82
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12442 vs 9175
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 3670
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12442 vs 9175
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 3670
  • Around 23% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4202 vs 3426
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed 1709 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 10080 vs 6834
PassMark - G2D Mark 752 vs 675
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 119.148 vs 105.82
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12442 vs 9175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3691 vs 3670
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12442 vs 9175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3691 vs 3670
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4202 vs 3426

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6834
10080
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
675
752
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
36530
33551
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
105.82
119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1860.146
1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11.238
8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
94.947
21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
596.819
454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9175
12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3670
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9175
12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3670
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3426
4202
Name AMD Radeon Pro 5500M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark 6834 10080
PassMark - G2D Mark 675 752
Geekbench - OpenCL 36530 33551
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 105.82 119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1860.146 1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.238 8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.947 21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 596.819 454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9175 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3670 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9175 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3670 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3426 4202

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 5500M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Pascal
Code name Navi 14 GP106
Launch date 13 Nov 2019 19 July 2016
Place in performance rating 365 338
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $299

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 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5