AMD Radeon Pro 555 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 555 and NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL 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).

AMD Radeon Pro 555

NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 555

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 62% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 525 MHz
9.7x more texture fill rate: 40.8 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
4.6x more memory clock speed: 5100 MHz vs 1100 MHz
33.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3141 vs 95
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 659 vs 243

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 June 2017 vs 14 November 2004
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 525 MHz
Texture fill rate	40.8 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5100 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3141 vs 95
PassMark - G2D Mark	659 vs 243

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 555
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

659

243

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 555	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark	3141	95
PassMark - G2D Mark	659	243
Geekbench - OpenCL	11413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	31.301
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	572.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	162.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 555	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Curie
Code name	Polaris 21	NV43 A2
Launch date	5 June 2017	14 November 2004
Place in performance rating	716	714
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	525 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,306 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	40.8 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	81.6 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5100 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0