NVIDIA P106-100 vs AMD Radeon R9 270X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P106-100 and AMD Radeon R9 270X 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
  • Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 84 GTexel / s
  • Around 63% better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6724 vs 4869
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 163.993 vs 63.87
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1705.321 vs 1314.72
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.266 vs 6.354
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 448.036 vs 315.412
  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12824 vs 8068
  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12824 vs 8068
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 84 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 180 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6724 vs 4869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 163.993 vs 63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1705.321 vs 1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.266 vs 6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 448.036 vs 315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12824 vs 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12824 vs 8068

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 613 vs 251
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 85.21 vs 76.32
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3706 vs 1860
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 1680
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3706 vs 1860
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 1680
  • Around 97% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1772 vs 899
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 613 vs 251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 85.21 vs 76.32
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706 vs 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 1680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706 vs 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 1680
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1772 vs 899

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P106-100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6724
4869
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
251
613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
163.993
63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705.321
1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.266
6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
76.32
85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
448.036
315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12824
8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1860
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1680
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12824
8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1860
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1680
3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
899
1772
Name NVIDIA P106-100 AMD Radeon R9 270X
PassMark - G3D Mark 6724 4869
PassMark - G2D Mark 251 613
Geekbench - OpenCL 36174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 163.993 63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1705.321 1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.266 6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.32 85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 448.036 315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12824 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1860 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1680 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12824 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1860 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1680 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 899 1772

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA P106-100 AMD Radeon R9 270X

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP106 Curacao
Launch date 19 June 2017 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 439 440
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $399
Value for money (0-100) 16.05

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1709 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops 2,688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 1280
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s 84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 180 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 2,800 million
Stream Processors 1280

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)