GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 vs Radeon HD 7550M

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1046not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.94no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameThamesGP106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2012 (12 years ago)5 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4801280
Core clock speed500 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speed550 MHz1709 MHz
Number of transistors716 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate12.00136.7
Floating-point processing power0.48 TFLOPS4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs2480

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data250 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s192.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2012 5 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 120 Watt

HD 7550M has 757.1% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7550M and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7550M is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon HD 7550M
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