AMD Radeon RX 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 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
• 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.533 vs 21.766

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

• Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1100 MHz
• Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1183 MHz
• 3.6x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
• 2.5x more pipelines: 1280 vs 512
• 3645.8x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
• Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
• 3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10079 vs 2690
• Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 747 vs 476
• 3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35369 vs 11610
• 3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 119.148 vs 33.507
• Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1373.562 vs 1037.305
• 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.694 vs 3.064
• 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 454.799 vs 140.911
• 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12442 vs 4485
• 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 940
• Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 2158
• 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12442 vs 4485
• 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 940
• Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 2158
• 7.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 907 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2690 10079
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	476 747
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	11610 35369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	33.507 119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1037.305 1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.064 8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	52.533 21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	140.911 454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4485 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	940 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2158 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4485 12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	940 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2158 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	127 907

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