NVIDIA P106-100 vs AMD Radeon HD 7990

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P106-100 and AMD Radeon HD 7990 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P106-100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 59% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 950 MHz
  • Around 71% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 375 Watt
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6357 vs 5566
  • Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 163.993 vs 88.665
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.266 vs 8.437
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 448.036 vs 434.598
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12824 vs 6689
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12824 vs 6689
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 June 2017 vs 24 April 2013
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 950 MHz
Boost clock speed 1709 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 375 Watt
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6357 vs 5566
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 163.993 vs 88.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.266 vs 8.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 448.036 vs 434.598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12824 vs 6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12824 vs 6689

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7990

  • 15.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s
  • 3.2x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 1280
  • Around 87% better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 4,375 gflops
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 255
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1753.494 vs 1705.321
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 88.328 vs 76.32
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3712 vs 1860
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 1680
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3712 vs 1860
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 1680
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 2048 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 2x 4,096 gflops vs 4,375 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 766 vs 255
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1753.494 vs 1705.321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 88.328 vs 76.32
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 vs 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 1680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 vs 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 1680

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P106-100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7990

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6357
5566
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
255
766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
163.993
88.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705.321
1753.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.266
8.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
76.32
88.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
448.036
434.598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12824
6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1860
3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1680
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12824
6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1860
3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1680
3356
Name NVIDIA P106-100 AMD Radeon HD 7990
PassMark - G3D Mark 6357 5566
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 766
Geekbench - OpenCL 34722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 163.993 88.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1705.321 1753.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.266 8.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.32 88.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 448.036 434.598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12824 6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1860 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1680 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12824 6689
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1860 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1680 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4062 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA P106-100 AMD Radeon HD 7990

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP106 Malta
Launch date 19 June 2017 24 April 2013
Place in performance rating 425 412
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Price now $1,126.99
Value for money (0-100) 7.87

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1709 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 950 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops 2x 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 2x 2048
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 375 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 250 mm 307 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 2x 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5