SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
vs
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

GPU

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.
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 GPU PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Lexa) Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Lexa PRO GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
GCN 4 Architecture Pascal
8 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
512 Shader 1152
16 Render Output Units 48
32 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

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.

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

Clock Speeds

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.

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

Thermal Design

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.

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

Cooler & Fans

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.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
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 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 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
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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.

5120x2880 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 DirectX 12_1
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
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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.

158 mm Length 252 mm
112 mm Height 112 mm
28 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 was released in Q4/2017 at a price of 79 $.

The PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

11268-06 Part-no VCGGTX10603PB
Q4/2017 Release date Q3/2016
79 $ Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 16 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)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
2 GB GDDR5
8 fps (avg)
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
2 GB GDDR5
16 fps (avg)
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
45 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2 SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 550 2G G5 V2
2 GB GDDR5
23 fps (avg)
PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB PNY GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
65 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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