NVIDIA P102-100 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P102-100 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA P102-100

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P102-100

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 99% higher core clock speed: 1481 MHz vs 743 MHz
26.6x more texture fill rate: 316.4 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 3200 vs 320
21.3x better floating-point performance: 10,125 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 80 nm
10x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 512 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 1656 MHz

Launch date	12 February 2018 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	1481 MHz vs 743 MHz
Texture fill rate	316.4 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3200 vs 320
Floating-point performance	10,125 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 1656 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 215 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	215 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P102-100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Name	NVIDIA P102-100	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL	64572
PassMark - G3D Mark		660
PassMark - G2D Mark		397

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA P102-100	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP102	R600
Launch date	12 February 2018	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	$399
Place in performance rating	324	375
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz
Core clock speed	1481 MHz	743 MHz
Floating-point performance	10,125 gflops	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	3200	320
Texture fill rate	316.4 GTexel / s	11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	11,800 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	400.3 GB / s	106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR3