AMD Radeon Pro 555X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 555X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 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: 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 1060 3 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 555X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.593 vs 31.946

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 July 2018 vs 18 August 2016
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.593 vs 31.946
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3338

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Around 66% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 907 MHz
Around 50% higher pipelines: 1152 vs 768
Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5100 MHz
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 32384 vs 12706
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 115.073 vs 35.283
Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1325.07 vs 668.308
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.057 vs 3.158
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 425.709 vs 170.952
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10566 vs 4093
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3697 vs 2350
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10566 vs 4093
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3697 vs 2350

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 907 MHz
Pipelines	1152 vs 768
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 5100 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	32384 vs 12706
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	115.073 vs 35.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1325.07 vs 668.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.057 vs 3.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	425.709 vs 170.952
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10566 vs 4093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3697 vs 2350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10566 vs 4093
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3697 vs 2350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 555X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12706

32384

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

35.283

115.073

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

668.308

1325.07

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.158

8.057

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

49.593

31.946

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

170.952

425.709

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4093

10566

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2350

3697

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3338

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4093

10566

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2350

3697

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3338

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 555X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	12706	32384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	35.283	115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	668.308	1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.158	8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.593	31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	170.952	425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4093	10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2350	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4093	10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2350	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3338
PassMark - G3D Mark		9796
PassMark - G2D Mark		772
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		156

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 555X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Pascal
Code name	Polaris 21	GP106
Launch date	16 July 2018	18 August 2016
Place in performance rating	964	388
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	907 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	768	1152
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	4,400 million
Boost clock speed		1708 MHz
Floating-point performance		3,935 gflops
Texture fill rate		123.0 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		250 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	5100 MHz	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		3 GB
Memory bandwidth		192.2 GB / s