AMD Radeon RX 5500M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon RX 5500M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB.

296
Place in performance rating
131
Navi / RDNA
Architecture
Pascal
Navi 14
Code name
N17P-G1 Max-Q
Laptop
Type
Laptop
29 September 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
30 May 2017 (4 years ago)
$998
Price now
$1010
4.93
Value for money
12.62
Navi 14 / R19M-E85
GPU code name
N17P-G1 Max-Q
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon RX 5500M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1408
Pipelines
1280
1327 MHz
Core clock speed
1063 - 1265 MHz
1645 MHz
Boost Clock
1341 - 1480 MHz
6,400 million
Transistor count
4,400 million
7 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
85 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
80 Watt
144.8
Texture fill rate
118.4
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Floating-point performance
3,789 gflops
1408
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1645 MHz
Boost clock speed
1341 - 1480 MHz
6,400 million
Number of transistors
4,400 million
85 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
80 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 5500M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 4.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
medium sized
Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6.144 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
14000 MHz
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
224.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
no data
G-SYNC support
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

no data
VR Ready
+
no data
Multi Monitor
+
no data
CUDA
6.1
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Multi-Projection
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon RX 5500M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12.0
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
+
no data
Shader Model
5.0
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 5500M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX 5500M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500M 78 67 60 47 34 18
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500M 99.9 71.1 65.8 64.1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500M 167 119 100 69 55 25
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500M 182 123 79.25 56.75 38 19
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 5500M 152 108 44.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 5500M

Cheaper ($998 vs $1010)

More pipelines (1408 vs 1280)

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 16 nm)

More memory bandwidth (224.0 GB/s vs 192.2 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB

21.6% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (80 Watt vs 85 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (6.144 MB vs 4 GB)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, AMD Radeon RX 5500M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB .

AMD Radeon RX 5500M versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB performance benchmarks comparison

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User rating

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