AMD Radeon Pro 555X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 555X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook) 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro 555X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 555X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.593 vs 30.523

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 July 2018 vs 1 February 2017
Pipelines	768 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.593 vs 30.523

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 907 MHz
Around 37% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 5100 MHz
Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17466 vs 12706
Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.209 vs 35.283
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 799.414 vs 668.308
Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.536 vs 3.158
Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 223.683 vs 170.952
Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7239 vs 4093
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3721 vs 2350
Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7239 vs 4093
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3721 vs 2350

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1354 MHz vs 907 MHz
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 5100 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	17466 vs 12706
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.209 vs 35.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	799.414 vs 668.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.536 vs 3.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	223.683 vs 170.952
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7239 vs 4093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3721 vs 2350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7239 vs 4093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3721 vs 2350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 555X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12706

17466

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

35.283

67.209

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

668.308

799.414

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.158

4.536

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

49.593

30.523

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

170.952

223.683

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4093

7239

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2350

3721

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4093

7239

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2350

3721

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3359

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 555X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)
Geekbench - OpenCL	12706	17466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	35.283	67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	668.308	799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.158	4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.593	30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	170.952	223.683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4093	7239
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2350	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4093	7239
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2350	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3359
PassMark - G3D Mark		4463
PassMark - G2D Mark		292
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2084

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 555X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook)
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Pascal
Code name	Polaris 21	GP106B
Launch date	16 July 2018	1 February 2017
Place in performance rating	964	595
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	907 MHz	1354 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	768	640
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	4,400 million
Boost clock speed		1493 MHz
Floating-point performance		1,911 gflops
Texture fill rate		59.72 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5100 MHz	7008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		112.1 GB / s
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection