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AMD logo Radeon RX 5500 XT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 logo AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT logo
General information GeForce GTX 1060 Radeon RX 5500 XT
Launched Q2 2018 Q4 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Memory 5120 MB 37.5 % 8192 MB 0 %
Core Clock 1556 MHz 3.2 % 1607 MHz 0 %
Boost Clock 1873 MHz 0 % 1865 MHz 0.4 %
Effective Clock 9126 MHz 36.6 % 14400 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.6
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 W 7.7 % 130 W 0 %
Length 303 mm 0 % 281 mm 7.3 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Frame Sync G-Sync FreeSync
Performance GeForce GTX 1060 Radeon RX 5500 XT
Overall Score 49468 0 % 48639 1.7 %
Future Proof 60 % 14.3 % 70 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 24471 0 % 23658 3.3 %
2D Benchmark Score 612.8 21.2 % 777.2 0 %
Average DirectX performance 72.3 FPS 0 % 68.7 FPS 5 %
DirectX 9 performance 146.7 FPS 0 % 132.2 FPS 9.9 %
DirectX 10 performance 47.1 FPS 0 % 44.6 FPS 5.5 %
DirectX 11 performance 62.5 FPS 0 % 57.8 FPS 7.6 %
DirectX 12 performance 32.7 FPS 18.5 % 40.1 FPS 0 %
Graphic card computing 4187.6 operations/s 10.2 % 4662.3 operations/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 1060, Radeon RX 5500 XT.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 1060 Radeon RX 5500 XT
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.1 FPS 110.8 FPS
High settings 203.5 FPS 199.5 FPS
Medium settings 244.2 FPS 239.4 FPS
Low settings 341.9 FPS 335.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for GeForce GTX 1060, Radeon RX 5500 XT.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 1060 Radeon RX 5500 XT
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 83.2 FPS 81.8 FPS
High settings 149.7 FPS 147.2 FPS
Medium settings 179.7 FPS 176.6 FPS
Low settings 251.5 FPS 247.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.7 %
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