AMD Radeon RX 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 550

• Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
• 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 120 Watt
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
• Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.533 vs 31.946

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

• Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1100 MHz
• Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1183 MHz
• 3.2x more texture fill rate: 123.0 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
• 2.3x more pipelines: 1152 vs 512
• 3279.2x better floating-point performance: 3,935 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
• Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
• 3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9796 vs 2690
• Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 772 vs 476
• 2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 32384 vs 11610
• 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 115.073 vs 33.507
• Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1325.07 vs 1037.305
• 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.057 vs 3.064
• 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 425.709 vs 140.911
• 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10566 vs 4485
• 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3697 vs 940
• Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3338 vs 2158
• 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10566 vs 4485
• 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3697 vs 940
• Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3338 vs 2158
• Around 23% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 156 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2690 9796
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	476 772
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	11610 32384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	33.507 115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1037.305 1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.064 8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	52.533 31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	140.911 425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4485 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	940 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2158 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4485 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	940 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2158 3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	127 156

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