ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
vs
ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) (GCN 4) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has the GP106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB is based on the graphics chip Lexa PRO, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GPU ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip Lexa PRO
Pascal Architecture GCN 4
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
1152 Shader 512
48 Render Output Units 16
72 Texture Units 32
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.100 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.183 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 50 W.

120 W TDP 50 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.

The ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB is 5120x2880 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_1 DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

183 mm Length 182 mm
121 mm Height 112 mm
38 mm Width 43 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB came on the market in Q2/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

PH-GTX1060-3G Part-no RX550-4G
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2017
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 79 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB
4 GB GDDR5
8 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
45 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB
4 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)
ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB
4 GB GDDR5
23 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB ASUS Radeon RX 550 4GB
4 GB GDDR5
18364

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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