NVIDIA P104-100 vs AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P104-100 and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA P104-100

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P104-100

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 800 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 277.3 GTexel / s vs 89.6 GTexel / s
Around 43% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1792
3.1x better floating-point performance: 8,873 gflops vs 2,867 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
2x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Launch date	12 December 2017 vs 7 March 2013
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s vs 89.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1792
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops vs 2,867 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 5000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P104-100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition

Name	NVIDIA P104-100	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
Geekbench - OpenCL	44280
PassMark - G2D Mark	124
PassMark - G3D Mark	3636
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		67.802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1230.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		81.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		370.179

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA P104-100	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP104	Tahiti
Launch date	12 December 2017	7 March 2013
Place in performance rating	609	611
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops	2,867 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	1792
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s	89.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	7,200 million	4,313 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		200 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.3 GB / s	240.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR5