AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 5500M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 144.76 GT/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 16 nm
Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 38654 vs 33543

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 19 July 2016
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 16 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	38654 vs 33543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223 vs 4202

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1448 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1645 MHz
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10081 vs 3166
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 752 vs 336
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12442 vs 11058
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 3617
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12442 vs 11058
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 3617

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1448 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 1645 MHz
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10081 vs 3166
PassMark - G2D Mark	752 vs 336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12442 vs 11058
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12442 vs 11058
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691 vs 3617

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3166

10081

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

336

752

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38654

33543

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

12442

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

12442

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3340

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4223

4202

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark	3166	10081
PassMark - G2D Mark	336	752
Geekbench - OpenCL	38654	33543
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058	12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3617	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058	12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3617	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223	4202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		454.799

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	Pascal
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	19 July 2016
Place in performance rating	390	338
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Code name		GP106
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	1709 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1448 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	16 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.26 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.63 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate	52.6 GP/s
Stream Processors	1408
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Transistor count	6400 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
Pipelines		1280
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		120 Watt
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		250 mm
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		8008 MHz
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.6