NVIDIA started P106-100 sales 19 June 2017. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Pascal architecture and made with 16 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 6 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 8.01 GHz are supplied, and together with 192 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 192.2 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 250 mm. 1x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 120 Watt.

Primary Details

Some basic facts about P106-100: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	303
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	11.27
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GP106
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	19 June 2017 (6 years ago)
Current price	$14.65	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed Specifications

P106-100's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of P106-100's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	4,400 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	136.7	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Form Factor & Compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of P106-100 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

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

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	192 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on P106-100. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API Compatibility

APIs supported by P106-100, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131
CUDA	6.1

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of P106-100. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

P106-100 16.42

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

P106-100 6357

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

P106-100 34784

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

P106-100 31273

Gaming performance

Let's see how good P106-100 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.