amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory512
Cores96 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 550X
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores192.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AMD Radeon RX 550X
Radeon RX 550X
$ • Dec 2018
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
$299 • Jul 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 550X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 50 W | 120 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1183 MHz | 1709 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 96 GB/s | 192.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 14nm | 16nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Pascal |
| Shading Units | 512 | 1280 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 32 | 80 |
| ROPs | 16 | 48 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 2002 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 18.93 GPixel/s | 82.03 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 96 GTexel/s | 192.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 1 GFLOPS | 4.375 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.50 MB | 1.50 MB |
| Die Size | 103 mm² | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 2200 Million | 4400 Million |
| Required PSU | 250 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon RX 550X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon RX 550X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon RX 550X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon RX 550X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon RX 550X
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
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