AMD Radeon Pro 555 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 wins every recorded head-to-head comparison in the database. Across the two shared benchmark tests, Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX 2060 dominates with deltas of 456.5% and 435.2% respectively. The AMD Radeon Pro 555 does not win a single matched test in the dataset.

For compute workloads, the RTX 2060 is the clear choice. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 65014 dwarfs the Radeon Pro 555's 11682, making it roughly five and a half times faster in that test. This gap reflects the fundamental positioning of the two cards: the RTX 2060 is a desktop gaming and compute part, while the Radeon Pro 555 is a mobile integrated GPU designed for Apple Mac systems.

For graphics API workloads, the same story holds. The Vulkan result shows 65846 for the RTX 2060 versus 12303 for the Radeon Pro 555. The Radeon Pro 555 does have a Metal benchmark (16236) that the RTX 2060 lacks, but Metal is an Apple-specific API and not directly comparable to the shared tests.

The Radeon Pro 555's only measurable advantage is its integrated form factor. It is listed as an IGP with no power connectors and a 75 W TDP, making it suitable for portable systems. The RTX 2060, by contrast, is a dual-slot card requiring a 1x 8-pin connector and a 450 W suggested PSU.

In terms of broader database standing, the RTX 2060 sits at the 58th percentile of all GPUs, while the Radeon Pro 555 sits at the 54th. The average benchmark scores (15290 versus 13407) reflect a meaningful overall gap, though the percentile difference is smaller than the raw scores might suggest because the Radeon Pro 555's nearest rivals cluster closely around its average.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 has an average benchmark score of 15290, while the AMD Radeon Pro 555 has 13407. That is a difference of 1883 points in favor of the RTX 2060.

Q: How large is the performance gap in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The RTX 2060 scores 65014 versus 11682 for the Radeon Pro 555, a delta of 456.5%. This is the largest relative gap in any shared test.

Q: Does the Radeon Pro 555 support ray tracing or tensor cores?

A: No. The Radeon Pro 555 has no RT cores and no tensor cores listed. The RTX 2060 has 30 RT cores and 240 tensor cores.

Q: What is the memory configuration difference?

A: The RTX 2060 has 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 336.0 GB/s bandwidth. The Radeon Pro 555 has 2 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus with 81.60 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Which card has better Vulkan performance?

A: The RTX 2060 scores 65846 in Geekbench Vulkan versus 12303 for the Radeon Pro 555, a 435.2% advantage. The RTX 2060 also supports Vulkan 1.4, while the Radeon Pro 555 supports Vulkan 1.3.

Q: What is the transistor count difference?

A: The RTX 2060 uses 10,800 million transistors on a 445 mm² die. The Radeon Pro 555 uses 3,000 million transistors on a 123 mm² die.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records two shared tests between these GPUs. Both are decisive wins for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 2060 posts 65014 points. The Radeon Pro 555 manages only 11682. The delta of 456.5% is the single largest margin in any comparison involving these two cards. To put that in context, the Radeon Pro 555's nearest rival, the NVIDIA P106-090, sits just 0.5% higher in average score, meaning the Radeon is competitive with its own class but entirely outclassed by the RTX 2060.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX 2060 scores 65846 against 12303 for the Radeon Pro 555. The 435.2% delta is nearly as large as the OpenCL gap. This consistency across two different API families suggests the RTX 2060's advantage is architectural rather than workload-specific.

The RTX 2060's own benchmark suite shows broader strengths. Its Passmark G3D score is 14111, its Passmark GPU Compute score is 5488, and it records 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 at 1242. The Radeon Pro 555 has no corresponding entries in these tests, so direct comparisons are limited to the two Geekbench results.

The Radeon Pro 555 does have a Geekbench Metal score of 16236. This is its strongest recorded result, but there is no Metal score for the RTX 2060 in the database, so no head-to-head comparison is possible. The Radeon's OpenCL and Vulkan results, however, are far below the RTX 2060's equivalents.

The RTX 2060's nearest rivals in the database include the GeForce GTX 580 (0% delta), AMD Radeon 680M (0.1%), RTX 3050 OEM (0.6%), and Radeon RX 7600 (0.8%). All of these sit within a percentage point of the RTX 2060's average score, indicating that the RTX 2060 is closely matched with a cluster of modern and older GPUs. The Radeon Pro 555's nearest rivals, meanwhile, include the Radeon HD 8950M (0.2%), RX 5500M (0.4%), FirePro M6100 (0.4%), and NVIDIA P106-090 (-0.5%), a much lower tier of performance.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ in nearly every measurable specification category.

Process node: The RTX 2060 uses a 12 nm process from TSMC. The Radeon Pro 555 uses a 14 nm process from GlobalFoundries.

Transistors and die size: The RTX 2060 has 10,800 million transistors on a 445 mm² die. The Radeon Pro 555 has 3,000 million transistors on a 123 mm² die. Transistor density is nearly identical (24.3M / mm² versus 24.4M / mm²), so the RTX 2060's advantage comes from sheer scale rather than density.

Memory: The RTX 2060 has 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 336.0 GB/s bandwidth and 14 Gbps effective memory speed. The Radeon Pro 555 has 2 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus with 81.60 GB/s bandwidth and 5.1 Gbps effective memory speed.

Compute units: The RTX 2060 has 1920 shading units, 120 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The Radeon Pro 555 has 768 shading units, 48 TMUs, and 16 ROPs.

Clock speeds: The RTX 2060 has a base clock of 1365 MHz and a boost clock of 1680 MHz. The Radeon Pro 555 has no base or boost clock listed in the database.

Power and form factor: The RTX 2060 is a dual-slot card with a 160 W TDP, one 8-pin power connector, and a 450 W suggested PSU. It measures 229 mm in length, 113 mm in height, and 35 mm in width. The Radeon Pro 555 is an IGP with a 75 W TDP, no power connectors, and no listed dimensions. Its bus interface is PCIe 3.0 x8, while the RTX 2060 uses PCIe 3.0 x16.

Display outputs: The RTX 2060 offers 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, and 1x USB Type-C. The Radeon Pro 555's outputs are listed as "Portable Device Dependent."

API support: The RTX 2060 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The Radeon Pro 555 supports DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3.

Release timing: The RTX 2060 was released on 2019-01-06, the Radeon Pro 555 on 2017-06-04. Both are end-of-life products. The RTX 2060 has a launch MSRP of 349 USD.

Architecture Differences

The RTX 2060 is built on NVIDIA's Turing architecture, using the TU106 chip. Turing introduces dedicated RT cores and tensor cores, which the RTX 2060 implements with 30 RT cores and 240 tensor cores. These hardware units enable hardware-accelerated ray tracing and AI-based features that the GCN 4.0 architecture lacks entirely.

The Radeon Pro 555 uses AMD's GCN 4.0 architecture on the Polaris 21 chip. GCN 4.0 is a compute-oriented design from 2016-2017, and it has no equivalent to Turing's RT or tensor core functionality. Its FP16 performance is listed as 1,305.6 GFLOPS (1:1), meaning it has no FP16 acceleration ratio. The RTX 2060, by contrast, lists FP16 at 12.90 TFLOPS (2:1), indicating a doubled throughput rate for half-precision workloads.

The FP32 figures show the scale of the gap: the RTX 2060 delivers 6.451 TFLOPS versus 1,305.6 GFLOPS (1.3056 TFLOPS) for the Radeon Pro 555. That is roughly a 4.9x difference in raw single-precision compute, which aligns closely with the observed OpenCL benchmark delta of 456.5%.

Pixel and texture rates follow the same pattern. The RTX 2060 has a pixel rate of 80.64 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 201.6 GTexel/s. The Radeon Pro 555 has a pixel rate of 13.60 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 40.80 GTexel/s. The RTX 2060 is roughly 5.9x faster in pixel throughput and 4.9x faster in texture throughput.

The Radeon Pro 555's architecture is optimized for a specific ecosystem. Its generation is listed as "Radeon Pro Mac (500 Series)," and its display outputs are portable-device dependent. This is a GPU designed for Apple laptops, not for standalone desktop use. The RTX 2060, by contrast, is a general-purpose desktop part with a full complement of display outputs and expansion options.

The transistor density of the two architectures is essentially identical (24.3M / mm² versus 24.4M / mm²), which indicates that the RTX 2060's massive performance advantage comes from its larger die, newer process, and architectural features rather than from more efficient packing of transistors. The 12 nm process gives the RTX 2060 a slight manufacturing advantage, but the dominant factor is the 3.6x difference in transistor count.

The Verdict

The database is unambiguous: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is the faster GPU by every measurable metric in the shared tests. Its OpenCL lead of 456.5% and Vulkan lead of 435.2% are not incremental differences; they represent entirely different performance classes.

The RTX 2060 should be chosen by anyone running compute workloads, modern game APIs, or ray-traced content. Its 30 RT cores and 240 tensor cores provide hardware support for features that the Radeon Pro 555 cannot offer at any settings. Its 6 GB of GDDR6 memory with 336.0 GB/s bandwidth is sufficient for modern textures and datasets, whereas the Radeon Pro 555's 2 GB GDDR5 with 81.60 GB/s bandwidth is a hard constraint.

The Radeon Pro 555 should be chosen only in contexts where its integrated form factor is mandatory. It is an IGP with a 75 W TDP, no external power connectors, and no expansion slot requirements. For portable Apple Mac systems where a discrete card cannot be installed, the Radeon Pro 555 is the only option in this comparison. Its Metal score of 16236, while far below the RTX 2060's compute results, is the only benchmark in the database where the Radeon Pro 555 has a recorded result that the RTX 2060 does not.

The RTX 2060's average benchmark score of 15290 places it at the 58th percentile of all GPUs, with nearest rivals (GTX 580, Radeon 680M, RTX 3050 OEM, RX 7600) all within 0.8% of its average. The Radeon Pro 555's average of 13407 places it at the 54th percentile, with nearest rivals (HD 8950M, RX 5500M, FirePro M6100, P106-090) clustered within 0.5%. The RTX 2060 sits in faster company, and its performance confirms that placement.

For a desktop system where power consumption, slot width, and PSU requirements are acceptable, the RTX 2060 is the correct recommendation without qualification. For an integrated laptop GPU that must operate within a 75 W envelope, the Radeon Pro 555 is a functional but dramatically slower alternative. The data does not support any other conclusion.