NVIDIA P106-100 vs AMD Radeon R7 250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P106-100 and AMD Radeon R7 250 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: 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 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 63% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • 6.1x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
  • 6.1x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 716.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1150 MHz
  • 6.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6724 vs 1051
  • 4.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36174 vs 7525
  • 8.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 163.993 vs 20.161
  • 5.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1705.321 vs 304.279
  • 5.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.266 vs 1.655
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 76.32 vs 30.046
  • 4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 448.036 vs 96.934
  • 5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12824 vs 2179
  • 5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12824 vs 2179
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 June 2017 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1709 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 384
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops vs 716.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6724 vs 1051
Geekbench - OpenCL 36174 vs 7525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 163.993 vs 20.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1705.321 vs 304.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.266 vs 1.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.32 vs 30.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 448.036 vs 96.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12824 vs 2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12824 vs 2179

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250

  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 283 vs 251
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3170 vs 1860
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 1680
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3170 vs 1860
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 1680
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 283 vs 251
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3170 vs 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 1680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3170 vs 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 1680

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P106-100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6724
1051
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
251
283
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
36174
7525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
163.993
20.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705.321
304.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.266
1.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
76.32
30.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
448.036
96.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12824
2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1860
3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1680
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12824
2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1860
3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1680
3356
Name NVIDIA P106-100 AMD Radeon R7 250
PassMark - G3D Mark 6724 1051
PassMark - G2D Mark 251 283
Geekbench - OpenCL 36174 7525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 163.993 20.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1705.321 304.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.266 1.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.32 30.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 448.036 96.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12824 2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1860 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1680 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12824 2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1860 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1680 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 899 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA P106-100 AMD Radeon R7 250

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP106 Oland
Launch date 19 June 2017 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 439 1087
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $89
Price now $78.34
Value for money (0-100) 27.62

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1709 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops 716.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 384
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s 22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 1,040 million
Stream Processors 384

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 250 mm 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin N / A
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 1150 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync