NVIDIA P106-100 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P106-100 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 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 4870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P106-100

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 95% better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 55 nm
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 286 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2x 1 GB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 3600 MHz
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6608 vs 1309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 June 2017 vs 12 August 2008
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 700 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 286 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2x 1 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6608 vs 1309

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 2x 800 vs 1280
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 565 vs 247
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3323 vs 1680
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3323 vs 1680

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 1280
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	565 vs 247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3323 vs 1680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3323 vs 1680

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P106-100
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6608

1309

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

247

565

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1680

3323

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1680

3323

Name	NVIDIA P106-100	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	6608	1309
PassMark - G2D Mark	247	565
Geekbench - OpenCL	35930
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	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12824
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1680	3323
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	899

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA P106-100	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP106	R700
Launch date	19 June 2017	12 August 2008
Place in performance rating	448	447
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$550
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1280	2x 800
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	286 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	250 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5