GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon Pro 555X

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro 555X with GeForce RTX 2060, including specs and performance data.

Pro 555X
2018
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
8.40

RTX 2060 outperforms Pro 555X by a whopping 337% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking504131
Place by popularitynot in top-10016
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data40.45
Power efficiency7.6815.73
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code namePolaris 21TU106
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date16 July 2018 (6 years ago)7 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores7681920
Core clock speed907 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1680 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate43.54201.6
Floating-point processing power1.393 TFLOPS6.451 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs48120
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1275 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth81.6 GB/s336.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA-7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 8.40
RTX 2060 36.71
+337%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Pro 555X 3235
RTX 2060 14145
+337%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Pro 555X 12705
RTX 2060 71612
+464%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Pro 555X 13051
RTX 2060 67350
+416%

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 HD27−30
−341%
119
+341%
1440p16−18
−381%
77
+381%
4K10−12
−370%
47
+370%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.93
1440pno data4.53
4Kno data7.43

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−385%
60−65
+385%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−338%
92
+338%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−558%
79
+558%
Battlefield 5 24−27
−528%
157
+528%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−524%
106
+524%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−385%
60−65
+385%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−500%
114
+500%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−457%
128
+457%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−266%
205
+266%
Hitman 3 16−18
−513%
98
+513%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−417%
248
+417%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−476%
144
+476%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−374%
109
+374%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
−582%
191
+582%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
−338%
254
+338%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−524%
131
+524%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−433%
64
+433%
Battlefield 5 24−27
−460%
140
+460%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−465%
96
+465%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−385%
60−65
+385%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−379%
91
+379%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−313%
95
+313%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−246%
194
+246%
Hitman 3 16−18
−500%
96
+500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−415%
247
+415%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−460%
140
+460%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−348%
103
+348%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
−371%
130−140
+371%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−217%
75−80
+217%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
−321%
244
+321%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−167%
56
+167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−358%
55
+358%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−318%
71
+318%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−385%
60−65
+385%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−268%
70
+268%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−87.5%
105
+87.5%
Hitman 3 16−18
−406%
81
+406%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−150%
120
+150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
−371%
130−140
+371%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−204%
73
+204%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+28.9%
45
−28.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−317%
96
+317%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
−338%
70−75
+338%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−331%
55−60
+331%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−388%
35−40
+388%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−950%
42
+950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−538%
51
+538%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−600%
27−30
+600%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−320%
40−45
+320%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−512%
200−210
+512%
Hitman 3 12−14
−350%
54
+350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−394%
89
+394%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−591%
76
+591%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−988%
85−90
+988%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−550%
50−55
+550%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−345%
236
+345%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−429%
74
+429%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
−471%
40
+471%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−517%
37
+517%
Hitman 3 4−5
−650%
30−33
+650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−225%
104
+225%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−767%
52
+767%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−920%
51
+920%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−460%
28
+460%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−500%
24
+500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−600%
28
+600%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−525%
25
+525%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−490%
59
+490%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−1125%
45−50
+1125%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−467%
17
+467%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−375%
38
+375%

This is how Pro 555X and RTX 2060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2060 is 341% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2060 is 381% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2060 is 370% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro 555X is 29% faster.
  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2060 is 1125% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Pro 555X is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • RTX 2060 is ahead in 71 test (99%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.40 36.71
Recency 16 July 2018 7 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 160 Watt

Pro 555X has 113.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060, on the other hand, has a 337% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 months, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2060 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro 555X in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro 555X is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 2060 is a desktop one.


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