Radeon RX 5500 OEM vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking206not rated
Place by popularity9not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.18no data
Power efficiency15.20no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameGP106Navi 14
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 July 2016 (8 years ago)7 October 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores12801408
Core clock speed1506 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1845 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt110 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7162.4
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS5.196 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs8088

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length250 mm180 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s224.0 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 DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

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 19 July 2016 7 October 2019
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 110 Watt

GTX 1060 6 GB has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 5500 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 9.1% lower power consumption.

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


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
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