AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 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.

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1709 MHz
1188x more texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 136.7 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 75% higher memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9101 vs 9050
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 614
Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 44518 vs 35103
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11075 vs 10818
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3722 vs 3417
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11075 vs 10818
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3722 vs 3417

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Dec 2019 vs 26 December 2017
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1408 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 16 nm
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9101 vs 9050
PassMark - G2D Mark	774 vs 614
Geekbench - OpenCL	44518 vs 35103
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11075 vs 10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722 vs 3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11075 vs 10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722 vs 3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367 vs 3358

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 4 GB
3.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3917 vs 1034

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3917 vs 1034

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9101

9050

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

774

614

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

44518

35103

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11075

10818

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3722

3417

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3367

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11075

10818

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3722

3417

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3367

3358

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1034

3917

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark	9101	9050
PassMark - G2D Mark	774	614
Geekbench - OpenCL	44518	35103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	742.778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11075	10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722	3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11075	10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722	3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1034	3917

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Pascal
Code name	Navi 14	GP106
Launch date	12 Dec 2019	26 December 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$169
Place in performance rating	307	305
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	1709 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.196 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1408	1280
Pixel fill rate	59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	7.09 inches (180 mm)	250 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	5 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	160.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	160 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support