AMD Radeon RX 550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 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
- 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
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 16 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 120 Watt |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
- 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 29% higher memory clock speed: 9028 MHz vs 7000 MHz
| Core clock speed | 1506 MHz vs 1100 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1709 MHz vs 1183 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 136.7 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1280 vs 512 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,375 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs |
| Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 9028 MHz vs 7000 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
| Name | AMD Radeon RX 550 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2690 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 476 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 11610 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 33.507 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1037.305 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.064 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 52.533 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 140.911 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4485 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 940 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2158 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4485 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 940 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2158 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 127 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 550 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Pascal |
| Code name | Lexa | GP106 |
| Design | Radeon RX 500 Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 | 20 April 2017 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $79 | $299 |
| Place in performance rating | 876 | not rated |
| Price now | $75 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 59.51 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1183 MHz | 1709 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1.2 TFLOPs | 4,375 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Pipelines | 512 | 1280 |
| Texture fill rate | 37.86 GTexel / s | 136.7 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,200 million | 4,400 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort support | ||
| Dual-link DVI support | ||
| HDMI | ||
| VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 145 mm | 250 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 216.6 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz | 9028 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Decode | ||
| 4K H264 Encode | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
| AppAcceleration | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
| H265/HEVC Encode | ||
| HDMI 4K Support | ||
| LiquidVR | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
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