NVIDIA P106-100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P106-100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1127 MHz
  • Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1178 MHz
  • Around 90% higher texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 72 billion / sec
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1024
  • Around 81% better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 2,413 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
  • 1144x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6724 vs 6111
  • Around 93% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36174 vs 18734
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 163.993 vs 73.733
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1705.321 vs 792.44
  • Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.266 vs 4.888
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 76.32 vs 35.338
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 448.036 vs 200.825
  • Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12824 vs 7218
  • Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12824 vs 7218
  • 5.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 899 vs 162
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 June 2017 vs 22 January 2015
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 1127 MHz
Boost clock speed 1709 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s vs 72 billion / sec
Pipelines 1280 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops vs 2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6724 vs 6111
Geekbench - OpenCL 36174 vs 18734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 163.993 vs 73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1705.321 vs 792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.266 vs 4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.32 vs 35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 448.036 vs 200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12824 vs 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12824 vs 7218
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 899 vs 162

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 251
  • Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 1860
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 1680
  • Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 1860
  • Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3335 vs 1680
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 673 vs 251
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3691 vs 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3335 vs 1680
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3691 vs 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3335 vs 1680

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P106-100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6724
6111
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
251
673
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
36174
18734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
163.993
73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705.321
792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.266
4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
76.32
35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
448.036
200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12824
7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1860
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1680
3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12824
7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1860
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1680
3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
899
162
Name NVIDIA P106-100 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
PassMark - G3D Mark 6724 6111
PassMark - G2D Mark 251 673
Geekbench - OpenCL 36174 18734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 163.993 73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1705.321 792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.266 4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.32 35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 448.036 200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12824 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1860 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1680 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12824 7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1860 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1680 3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 899 162

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA P106-100 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell 2.0
Code name GP106 GM206
Launch date 19 June 2017 22 January 2015
Place in performance rating 439 514
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $229.99
Value for money (0-100) 34.63

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1709 MHz 1178 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 1127 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops 2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 1024
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s 72 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 2,940 million
CUDA cores 1024

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 250 mm 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pins
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
SLI options 2x

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 112 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost