P106M vs Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 533 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | Blackcomb XTX | GP106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 12 July 2011 (15 years ago) | 23 January 2019 (7 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2240 | 1152 |
| Core clock speed | 715 MHz | 1291 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1291 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2x1700 Million | 4,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 92.95 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 2.974 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 72 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 432 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 1280 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1502 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 96.13 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11 | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 6.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 July 2011 | 23 January 2019 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 16 nm |
P106M has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire and P106M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while P106M is a mobile workstation one.
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