Radeon RX 5500 vs GeForce GTX 1060
Summary
Radeon RX 5500
111%
GeForce GTX 1060
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5500 |
| 11% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 5500
The Radeon RX 5500 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 | | GeForce GTX 1060 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XT) | vs | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 158 mm² | vs | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,400 million | vs | 4,400 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 10 |
| Core clock | 1670 MHz | vs | 1506 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 | | GeForce GTX 1060 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5500 | | GeForce GTX 1060 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Oct 2019 | vs | 10 Jul 2016 |
Radeon RX 5500
59.04 GP/s
GeForce GTX 1060
72.30 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500
162.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 1060
120.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500
224.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 1060
192.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500
5196.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 1060
3855.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500
77
GeForce GTX 1060
66
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500
46
GeForce GTX 1060
42
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500
26
GeForce GTX 1060
24
FPS (higher is better)