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.

AMD Radeon Pro W5500M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

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: 45513 vs 30914

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	45513 vs 30914

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

45513

30914

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	45513	30914
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	405	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