Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix has 1280 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.38 TFLOPS.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 has 512 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.18 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 1.21 TFLOPS.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 is based on the GCN 4 architecture and is equipped with 8 execution units.
Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa)
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip Lexa PRO
Pascal Architecture GCN 4
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
1280 Shader 512
48 Render Output Units 16
80 Texture Units 32
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

6 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 Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 is 1.183 GHz.

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 Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 is equipped with a PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 80 °C.

120 W TDP 65 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix are cooled with a Air cooling.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12.

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

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

248 mm Length 158 mm
123 mm Height 112 mm
-- Width 28 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix was released in Q3/2016.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 V2 published in Q4/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

426018336-3729 Part-no 11268-05
Q3/2016 Release date Q4/2017
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 79 $
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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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

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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