In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 and the PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 226 % faster than the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2.
The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) and has 512 texture shaders and 8 execution units.
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which has 1152 shaders and 9 execution units.
Memory
Memory
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Memory Size
2 GB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
2.002 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
192 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
192 bit
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.
The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB can access 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Base Clock
1.100 GHz
1.506 GHz
Boost Clock
1.183 GHz
1.708 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 clocks in the base with up to 1.100 GHz. The base frequency of the PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 1.506 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
TDP
65 W
120 W
Tjunction max
80 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
--
1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 is 65 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the -- connector.
The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 90 mm
2 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 has a total of 1 Axial fans.
The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2.
The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Max. resolution
5120x2880
7680x4320
DirectX
12
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 supports a maximum resolution of 5120x2880 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Length
158 mm
252 mm
Height
112 mm
112 mm
Width
28 mm
39 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 is 158 mm long, 112 mm high and 28 mm wide.
The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 252 mm long, 112 mm high and 39 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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