AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) 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 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 144.76 GT/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 16 nm
Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 38172 vs 31098
Around 15% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4223 vs 3677

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 15 August 2016
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 16 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	38172 vs 31098
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223 vs 3677

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1448 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1645 MHz
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8160 vs 3166
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 336
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12645 vs 11058
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3654 vs 3617
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12645 vs 11058
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3654 vs 3617

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1448 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz vs 1645 MHz
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8160 vs 3166
PassMark - G2D Mark	444 vs 336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12645 vs 11058
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3654 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12645 vs 11058
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3654 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3345

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3166

8160

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

336

444

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38172

31098

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

12645

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3654

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

12645

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3654

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3359

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4223

3677

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
PassMark - G3D Mark	3166	8160
PassMark - G2D Mark	336	444
Geekbench - OpenCL	38172	31098
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058	12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3617	3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058	12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3617	3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223	3677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		111.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1371.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		19.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		509.222

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	Pascal
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	15 August 2016
Place in performance rating	368	385
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Code name		GP106B
Launch price (MSRP)		$237.11
Price now		$229.99
Value for money (0-100)		49.49
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	1708 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	133.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	6400 million	4,400 million
CUDA cores		1280
Floating-point performance		4,275 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Pipelines		1280
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		120 Watt
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		large
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	192 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		8008 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
Surround
Virtual Reality
VR Ready
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan