GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q vs Radeon Pro 555X

Place in performance ranking	471	169
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.71	18.88
Architecture	Polaris (2016−2019)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Polaris 21	N18E-G2 MAX-Q TU106
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	5 June 2017 (6 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	$894	$1311

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2070 Max-Q has 1004% better value for money than Pro 555X.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	2304
Core clock speed	855 MHz	885-1080 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1185-1305 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	80-90 Watt
Texture fill rate	43.54	170.6

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon Pro 555X and GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	81.6 GB/s	384.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
G-SYNC support	no data	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync	+	no data
VR Ready	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pro 555X 8.37

RTX 2070 Max-Q 30.35
+263%

GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q outperforms Radeon Pro 555X by 263% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Pro 555X 3235

RTX 2070 Max-Q 11734
+263%

GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q outperforms Radeon Pro 555X by 263% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	27−30 −263%	98 +263%
1440p	16−18 −269%	59 +269%
4K	12−14 −267%	44 +267%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

12−14

−292%

50−55
+292%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −318%	71 +318%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 −564%	73 +564%
Battlefield 5	24−27 −340%	110 +340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −272%	65−70 +272%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −292%	50−55 +292%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −240%	85 +240%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −391%	113 +391%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −317%	121 +317%
Hitman 3	18−20 −516%	117 +516%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −403%	146 +403%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −522%	143 +522%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −239%	75−80 +239%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −304%	95−100 +304%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 −529%	88 +529%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −271%	63 +271%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 −455%	61 +455%
Battlefield 5	24−27 −300%	100 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −439%	97 +439%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −292%	50−55 +292%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −232%	83 +232%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −257%	82 +257%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −307%	118 +307%
Hitman 3	18−20 −284%	73 +284%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −345%	129 +345%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −283%	88 +283%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −300%	92 +300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −66.7%	40 +66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −618%	122 +618%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 −450%	77 +450%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −194%	50 +194%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 −391%	54 +391%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −217%	57 +217%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −292%	50−55 +292%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −108%	52 +108%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −238%	98 +238%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −262%	105 +262%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −243%	79 +243%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −276%	64 +276%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 −264%	51 +264%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

−265%

84
+265%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −281%	61 +281%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −423%	65−70 +423%
Hitman 3	10−11 −320%	40−45 +320%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −383%	29 +383%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −371%	33 +371%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −700%	30−35 +700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −430%	53 +430%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −408%	66 +408%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −307%	60−65 +307%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −344%	80 +344%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −555%	72 +555%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −775%	70−75 +775%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −388%	35−40 +388%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −500%	24−27 +500%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	20−22 −210%	62 +210%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −414%	35−40 +414%
Hitman 3	4−5 −500%	24−27 +500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −300%	35−40 +300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −625%	29 +625%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −800%	45 +800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −300%	20 +300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −467%	16−18 +467%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −740%	42 +740%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −775%	35 +775%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −320%	40−45 +320%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −411%	46 +411%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −344%	40 +344%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%