NVIDIA P104-100 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P104-100 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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA P104-100

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P104-100

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 74% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 17% better floating-point performance: 8,873 gflops vs 2x 3,789 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Around 82% higher memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Launch date	12 December 2017 vs 31 August 2012
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 925 MHz
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops vs 2x 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

7.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 277.3 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 2560

Texture fill rate	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 277.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 2560

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P104-100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Name	NVIDIA P104-100	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	44280
PassMark - G2D Mark	124
PassMark - G3D Mark	3636
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.707

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA P104-100	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP104	New Zealand
Launch date	12 December 2017	31 August 2012
Place in performance rating	609	321
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops	2x 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	7,200 million	4,313 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		500 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	292 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 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	8 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.3 GB / s	2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR5