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
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| Name | NVIDIA P106-100 | AMD Radeon R9 270X |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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| Dual-link DVI support | ||
| Eyefinity | ||
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| VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| 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 |
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| CrossFire | ||
| DDMA audio | ||
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| LiquidVR | ||
| TressFX | ||
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| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||