NVIDIA P106-100 vs AMD Radeon R9 285

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P106-100 and AMD Radeon R9 285 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 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 64% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 918 MHz
  • Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 102.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 3,290 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 190 Watt
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5500 MHz
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 163.993 vs 72.799
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1705.321 vs 1474.632
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.266 vs 6.369
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 448.036 vs 391.399
  • Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12824 vs 6474
  • Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12824 vs 6474
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 June 2017 vs 2 September 2014
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 918 MHz
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s vs 102.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops vs 3,290 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 190 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 5500 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 163.993 vs 72.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1705.321 vs 1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.266 vs 6.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 448.036 vs 391.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12824 vs 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12824 vs 6474

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 285

  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6680 vs 6608
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 597 vs 247
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 91.954 vs 76.32
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3043 vs 1860
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2782 vs 1680
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3043 vs 1860
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2782 vs 1680
  • 3.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2778 vs 899
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1792 vs 1280
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6680 vs 6608
PassMark - G2D Mark 597 vs 247
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 91.954 vs 76.32
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3043 vs 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2782 vs 1680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3043 vs 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2782 vs 1680
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2778 vs 899

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P106-100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 285

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6608
6680
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
247
597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
163.993
72.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705.321
1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.266
6.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
76.32
91.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
448.036
391.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12824
6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1860
3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1680
2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12824
6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1860
3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1680
2782
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
899
2778
Name NVIDIA P106-100 AMD Radeon R9 285
PassMark - G3D Mark 6608 6680
PassMark - G2D Mark 247 597
Geekbench - OpenCL 35930
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 163.993 72.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1705.321 1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.266 6.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.32 91.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 448.036 391.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12824 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1860 3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1680 2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12824 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1860 3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1680 2782
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 899 2778

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA P106-100 AMD Radeon R9 285

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 3.0
Code name GP106 Tonga
Launch date 19 June 2017 2 September 2014
Place in performance rating 448 445
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $249

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1709 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 918 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops 3,290 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 1792
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s 102.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 190 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 250 mm 221 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin

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 176.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)