NVIDIA P106-090 vs AMD Radeon RX 550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P106-090 and AMD Radeon RX 550 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/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 NVIDIA P106-090

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 1183 MHz
  • Around 94% higher texture fill rate: 73.49 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
  • 1960x better floating-point performance: 2,352 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
  • Around 63% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19027 vs 11659
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 86.225 vs 33.507
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1309.517 vs 1037.305
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 183.725 vs 140.911
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.178 vs 3.064
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 58.651 vs 52.533
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 July 2017 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed 1354 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed 1531 MHz vs 1183 MHz
Texture fill rate 73.49 GTexel / s vs 37.86 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 512
Floating-point performance 2,352 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 19027 vs 11659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 86.225 vs 33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1309.517 vs 1037.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 183.725 vs 140.911
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.178 vs 3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 58.651 vs 52.533

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
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
  • 4.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 478 vs 104
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2717 vs 2448
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 478 vs 104
PassMark - G3D Mark 2717 vs 2448

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P106-090
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 550

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
19027
11659
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
104
478
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2448
2717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
86.225
33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1309.517
1037.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
183.725
140.911
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.178
3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
58.651
52.533
Name NVIDIA P106-090 AMD Radeon RX 550
Geekbench - OpenCL 19027 11659
PassMark - G2D Mark 104 478
PassMark - G3D Mark 2448 2717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 86.225 33.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1309.517 1037.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 183.725 140.911
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.178 3.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 58.651 52.533
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)

NVIDIA P106-090 AMD Radeon RX 550

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 4.0
Code name GP106 Lexa
Launch date 31 July 2017 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 887 889
Type Desktop Desktop
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Price now $75
Value for money (0-100) 59.51

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1531 MHz 1183 MHz
Core clock speed 1354 MHz 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,352 gflops 1.2 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 768 512
Texture fill rate 73.49 GTexel / s 37.86 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 2,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 250 mm 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 112 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

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)