P106-100 vs ATI Radeon X850 XT

Place in the ranking	1481	372
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.21	10.45
Architecture	R400 (2004−2008)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	R480	GP106
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	1 December 2004 (21 years ago)	19 June 2017 (9 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	no data	1280
Core clock speed	520 MHz	1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1709 MHz
Number of transistors	160 million	4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.320	136.7
Floating-point processing power	no data	4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	48
TMUs	16	80
L1 Cache	no data	480 KB
L2 Cache	no data	1536 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).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	no data	250 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin

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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	540 MHz	2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth	34.56 GB/s	192.2 GB/s

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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	9.0b (9_2)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.8
OpenGL	2.0	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	6.1

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

ATI X850 XT 0.19

P106-100 16.20
+8426%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

ATI X850 XT 81
Samples: 9

P106-100 6751
+8235%

Samples: 180

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.19	16.20
Recency	1 December 2004	19 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	6 GB
Chip lithography	130 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	120 Watt

ATI X850 XT has 74% lower power consumption.

P106-100, on the other hand, has a 8426% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 713% more advanced lithography process.

The P106-100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X850 XT in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon X850 XT is a desktop graphics card while P106-100 is a workstation one.