NVIDIA P104-100 vs AMD Radeon R7 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P104-100 and AMD Radeon R7 260 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA P104-100

AMD Radeon R7 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P104-100

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 58% higher boost clock speed: 1733 MHz vs 1100 MHz
5.8x more texture fill rate: 277.3 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 2560 vs 768
5.8x better floating-point performance: 8,873 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
6.2x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3628 vs 2892

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 December 2017 vs 17 December 2013
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 768
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3628 vs 2892

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

4.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 120

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	559 vs 120

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P104-100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

559

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3628

2892

Name	NVIDIA P104-100	AMD Radeon R7 260
Geekbench - OpenCL	51497
PassMark - G2D Mark	120	559
PassMark - G3D Mark	3628	2892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		240.395

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA P104-100	AMD Radeon R7 260
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP104	Bonaire
Launch date	12 December 2017	17 December 2013
Place in performance rating	565	563
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$109
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		44.11
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1607 MHz
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops	1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	768
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s	48 GTexel / s
Transistor count	7,200 million	2,080 million
Stream Processors		896
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		115 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.3 GB / s	104 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz	1625 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync