GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X vs Radeon RX 550

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	520	not rated
Place by popularity	13	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.24	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Lexa	GP104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	20 April 2017 (7 years ago)	18 October 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data
Current price	$121 (1.5x MSRP)	$150

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	512	1280
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	1709 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.86	136.7
Floating-point performance	1,211 gflops	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	250 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	192.2 GB/s

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	6.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 April 2017	18 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	120 Watt

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