Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB
vs
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB and the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and has 1280 texture shaders and 10 execution units.

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP is based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa), which has 512 shaders and 8 execution units.
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB GPU SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP
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 Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP is 1.100 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.100 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.206 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP has a TDP of 65 W and is supplied with the required energy via PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP 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 directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB is 248 mm long, 123 mm high and -- wide.

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP is 180 mm long, 69 mm high and 38 mm wide.

248 mm Length 180 mm
123 mm Height 69 mm
-- Width 38 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP was introduced in Q4/2017 at a price of 79 $.

NE51060015J9-1060J Part-no 11268-09
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)

Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
54 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP
4 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB Palit GeForce GTX 1060 JetStream 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
73 fps (avg)
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 4G G5 LP
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

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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