AMD Radeon Pro W5500M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 955.1x more texture fill rate: 127.6 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 10% higher pipelines: 1408 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 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3654
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3654
  • Around 47% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45563 vs 30905
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 15 August 2016
Texture fill rate 127.6 GTexel/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1408 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3654
Geekbench - OpenCL 45563 vs 30905

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

  • Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1450 MHz
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • 5.3x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12645 vs 9943
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12645 vs 9943
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed 1708 MHz vs 1450 MHz
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12645 vs 9943
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12645 vs 9943

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9943
12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9943
12645
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
45563
30905
Name AMD Radeon Pro W5500M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9943 12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9943 12645
Geekbench - OpenCL 45563 30905
PassMark - G3D Mark 8161
PassMark - G2D Mark 444
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 111.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1371.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 509.222
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3671

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W5500M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 1.0 Pascal
Code name Navi 14 GP106B
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 15 August 2016
Place in performance rating 404 406
Type Laptop Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $237.11
Price now $229.99
Value for money (0-100) 49.49

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1450 MHz 1708 MHz
Compute units 22
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 255.2 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 8.166 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 4.083 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1408 1280
Pixel fill rate 46.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 127.6 GTexel/s 133.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 6400 million 4,400 million
CUDA cores 1280
Floating-point performance 4,275 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB/s 192 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
Surround
Virtual Reality
VR Ready