NVIDIA P104-100 vs AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P104-100 and AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA P104-100

AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P104-100

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 79% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 86% higher boost clock speed: 1733 MHz vs 930 MHz
9.3x more texture fill rate: 277.3 GTexel / s vs 29.76 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 2560 vs 512
9.3x better floating-point performance: 8,873 gflops vs 952.3 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
2.2x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 4600 MHz
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 44280 vs 40722
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3636 vs 1457

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 December 2017 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s vs 29.76 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 512
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops vs 952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 4600 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	44280 vs 40722
PassMark - G3D Mark	3636 vs 1457

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 394 vs 124

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	394 vs 124

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P104-100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

44280

40722

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

394

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3636

1457

Name	NVIDIA P104-100	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	44280	40722
PassMark - G2D Mark	124	394
PassMark - G3D Mark	3636	1457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3168
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA P104-100	AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP104	Cape Verde
Launch date	12 December 2017	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	609	601
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz	930 MHz
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops	952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	512
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s	29.76 GTexel / s
Transistor count	7,200 million	1,500 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		65 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.3 GB / s	73.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz	4600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR5