GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 vs Radeon RX 550 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	549	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.47	no data
Power efficiency	9.68	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Lexa	GP104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	2 July 2017 (7 years ago)	8 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	640	1280
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz	1708 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	51.48	136.6
Floating-point processing power	1.647 TFLOPS	4.372 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	48
TMUs	40	80

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 size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	250 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	192.2 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

+

-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D 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	-	6.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 July 2017	8 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	120 Watt

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