NVIDIA P102-100 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P102-100 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA P102-100

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P102-100

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 1481 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 34% better floating-point performance: 10,125 gflops vs 2x 3,789 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 500 Watt
Around 82% higher memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Launch date	12 February 2018 vs 31 August 2012
Core clock speed	1481 MHz vs 925 MHz
Floating-point performance	10,125 gflops vs 2x 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 500 Watt
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

6.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 316.4 GTexel / s
Around 28% higher pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 3200
Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 5 GB

Texture fill rate	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 316.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 3200
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 5 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P102-100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Name	NVIDIA P102-100	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	64572
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.707

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA P102-100	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP102	New Zealand
Launch date	12 February 2018	31 August 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	$899
Place in performance rating	324	321
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz
Core clock speed	1481 MHz	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	10,125 gflops	2x 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	3200	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	316.4 GTexel / s	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	11,800 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	292 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	3x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	400.3 GB / s	2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR5