AMD Radeon Pro 5500M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 5500M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 1054.1x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 118.4 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 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 663 vs 409
  • Around 22% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36773 vs 30208
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1860.146 vs 1681.162
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.238 vs 8.754
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 596.819 vs 416.14
  • Around 3% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3426 vs 3316
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 Nov 2019 vs 27 June 2017
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel/s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 663 vs 409
Geekbench - OpenCL 36773 vs 30208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1860.146 vs 1681.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.238 vs 8.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 596.819 vs 416.14
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3426 vs 3316

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1063 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1480 MHz vs 1300 MHz
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 85 Watt
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7920 vs 6775
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 147.271 vs 105.82
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 98.592 vs 94.947
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12767 vs 9175
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3712 vs 3670
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12767 vs 9175
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3712 vs 3670
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1063 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed 1480 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 85 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 7920 vs 6775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 147.271 vs 105.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 98.592 vs 94.947
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12767 vs 9175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 vs 3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12767 vs 9175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 vs 3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6775
7920
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
663
409
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
36773
30208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
105.82
147.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1860.146
1681.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11.238
8.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
94.947
98.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
596.819
416.14
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9175
12767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3670
3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9175
12767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3670
3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3426
3316
Name AMD Radeon Pro 5500M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 6775 7920
PassMark - G2D Mark 663 409
Geekbench - OpenCL 36773 30208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 105.82 147.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1860.146 1681.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.238 8.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.947 98.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 596.819 416.14
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9175 12767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3670 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9175 12767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3670 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3426 3316

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 5500M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Pascal
Code name Navi 14 GP106
Launch date 13 Nov 2019 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating 377 379
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 1480 MHz
Compute units 24
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 1063 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 118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 4,400 million
Floating-point performance 3,789 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large

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
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready