AMD Radeon RX 550X 8CU vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060+

AMD Radeon RX 550X 8CU $79
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060+ $299
512 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1287MHz
1280 Shaders
6GB GDDR5
1708MHz
FP32
1.32 TFLOPS
FP32
4.37 TFLOPS
FP16
1.32 TFLOPS
FP16
0.07 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
50W
TDP
120W
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 4
Architecture
Pascal
Family
Radeon RX 500
Family
GeForce 10
Codename
Lexa
Polaris 12
Variant
Polaris 12 XL
Codename
NV136
GP106
Variant
GP106-410-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
4/11/2018
Release Date
4/20/2017
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Fabrication Node
16FF
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Die Size
103 mm²
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.2 Billion
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Transistor Count
4.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
21.36M/mm²
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Transistor Density
22.00M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
512 Shaders
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Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
Compute Units
8 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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1100MHz Base
1287MHz
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1506MHz Base
1708MHz
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FP16
1.32 TFLOPS
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FP16
0.07 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.32 TFLOPS
FP32
4.37 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.14 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
20.592 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
81.984 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
41.184 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
136.64 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
512KB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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6GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
112GB/s
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
9GT/s
Bandwidth
216GB/s
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TDP
50W
TDP
120W
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
30Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
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Model
VCE 3.4
Model
NVENC 4
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
UVD 6.3
Model
NVDEC 3
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
6.1
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PureVideo HD
VP8
VDPAU
Feature Set H
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
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Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
145 mm (5.71 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
250 mm (9.84 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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