NVIDIA P106-100 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P106-100 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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.

NVIDIA P106-100

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P106-100

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 743 MHz
11.5x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 320
9.2x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 80 nm
Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 215 Watt
12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1656 MHz
9.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6357 vs 660

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 June 2017 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 743 MHz
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 320
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 215 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6357 vs 660

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 397 vs 255

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	397 vs 255

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P106-100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6357

660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

255

397

Name	NVIDIA P106-100	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	6357	660
PassMark - G2D Mark	255	397
Geekbench - OpenCL	34712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	163.993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1705.321
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1680
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12824
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1680
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4061

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA P106-100	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP106	R600
Launch date	19 June 2017	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	424	377
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	743 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1280	320
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	250 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3