P104-100 vs FirePro V7900

Place in the ranking	656	529
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.77	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Cayman	GP104
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	24 May 2011 (14 years ago)	12 December 2017 (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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	1920
Core clock speed	725 MHz	1607 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1733 MHz
Number of transistors	2,640 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	151 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	58.00	208.0
Floating-point processing power	1.856 TFLOPS	6.655 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	64
TMUs	80	120
L1 Cache	320 KB	720 KB
L2 Cache	512 KB	2 MB

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).

Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	279 mm	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-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	GDDR5	GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1251 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	320.3 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	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
StereoOutput3D	+	-
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
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.

FirePro V7900 5.38

P104-100 8.75
+62.6%

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.

FirePro V7900 2260
Samples: 80

P104-100 3677
+62.7%

Samples: 26

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	5.38	8.75
Recency	24 May 2011	12 December 2017
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	16 nm

P104-100 has a 62.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

The P104-100 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro V7900 in performance tests.