NVIDIA P106-100 vs AMD Radeon R9 380

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P106-100 and AMD Radeon R9 380 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) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 76% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 970 MHz
  • Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 108.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 26% better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 3,476 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
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • 8.3x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 970 MHz
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6724 vs 6081
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 163.993 vs 58.135
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1705.321 vs 1503.633
  • Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12824 vs 7635
  • Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12824 vs 7635
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 June 2017 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed 1709 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s vs 108.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops vs 3,476 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 190 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 970 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6724 vs 6081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 163.993 vs 58.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1705.321 vs 1503.633
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12824 vs 7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12824 vs 7635

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 653 vs 251
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 76397 vs 36174
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 1860
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 1680
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 1860
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 1680
  • 3.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2791 vs 899
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1792 vs 1280
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 653 vs 251
Geekbench - OpenCL 76397 vs 36174
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 1680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 1680
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2791 vs 899

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P106-100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6724
6081
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
251
653
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
36174
76397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
163.993
58.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705.321
1503.633
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12824
7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1860
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1680
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12824
7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1860
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1680
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
899
2791
Name NVIDIA P106-100 AMD Radeon R9 380
PassMark - G3D Mark 6724 6081
PassMark - G2D Mark 251 653
Geekbench - OpenCL 36174 76397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 163.993 58.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1705.321 1503.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 448.036
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12824 7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1860 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1680 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12824 7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1860 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1680 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 899 2791

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA P106-100 AMD Radeon R9 380

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 3.0
Code name GP106 Antigua
Launch date 19 June 2017 18 June 2015
Place in performance rating 439 370
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $264.99
Value for money (0-100) 31.71

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1709 MHz 970 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops 3,476 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 1792
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s 108.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 190 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 5,000 million
Compute units 28
Stream Processors 1792

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
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 2 x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length Dual Slot

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 970 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore