NVIDIA P106-090 vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P106-090 and NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

NVIDIA P106-090

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P106-090

Videocard is newer: launch date 17 year(s) 5 month(s) later
11.3x more core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 120 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 220 nm
96x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 32 MB
26.7x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 300 MHz
468.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2343 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 July 2017 vs 1 February 2000
Core clock speed	1354 MHz vs 120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 220 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2343 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

6.5x more texture fill rate: 480 MTexel / s vs 73.49 GTexel / s
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 201 vs 101

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	480 MTexel / s vs 73.49 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	201 vs 101

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P106-090
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

101

201

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2343

Name	NVIDIA P106-090	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Geekbench - OpenCL	18902
PassMark - G2D Mark	101	201
PassMark - G3D Mark	2343	5
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	86.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1309.517
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	183.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	58.651

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA P106-090	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Celsius
Code name	GP106	NV10 A3
Launch date	31 July 2017	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	886	883
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1531 MHz
Core clock speed	1354 MHz	120 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,352 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	220 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	73.49 GTexel / s	480 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	17 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	7.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	300 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR