Radeon Pro 5500M vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated307
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data14.41
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameGP104Navi 14
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date8 March 2018 (6 years ago)13 November 2019 (5 years ago)

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 cores12801536
Core clock speed1506 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1450 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt85 Watt
Texture fill rate136.6139.2
Floating-point processing power4.372 TFLOPS4.454 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs8096

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s192.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 March 2018 13 November 2019
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 85 Watt

Pro 5500M has an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 41.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 and Radeon Pro 5500M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 is a desktop card while Radeon Pro 5500M is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
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AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
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