NVIDIA P106-100 vs AMD FirePro W8000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P106-100 and AMD FirePro W8000 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA P106-100

AMD FirePro W8000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P106-100

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Around 36% better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6724 vs 4164
Around 48% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36174 vs 24518
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 163.993 vs 64.628
Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 448.036 vs 387.109
Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12824 vs 7400
Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12824 vs 7400

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 June 2017 vs 14 June 2012
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6724 vs 4164
Geekbench - OpenCL	36174 vs 24518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	163.993 vs 64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	448.036 vs 387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12824 vs 7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12824 vs 7400

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 528 vs 251
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 1860
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1680
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 1860
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1680

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1792 vs 1280
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	528 vs 251
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 1680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 1680

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P106-100
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6724

4164

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

251

528

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

36174

24518

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

163.993

64.628

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

448.036

387.109

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12824

7400

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1860

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1680

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12824

7400

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1860

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1680

3357

Name	NVIDIA P106-100	AMD FirePro W8000
PassMark - G3D Mark	6724	4164
PassMark - G2D Mark	251	528
Geekbench - OpenCL	36174	24518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	163.993	64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1705.321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	76.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	448.036	387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12824	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1860	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1680	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12824	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1860	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1680	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	899

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA P106-100	AMD FirePro W8000
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP106	Tahiti
Launch date	19 June 2017	14 June 2012
Place in performance rating	439	441
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	1792
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
DisplayPort count		4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	250 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	176 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5