P106-100 vs GeForce 9100

Place in the ranking	1464	366
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.37	10.29
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	C78	GP106
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	6 May 2008 (18 years ago)	19 June 2017 (8 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	16	1280
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1709 MHz
Number of transistors	210 million	4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.000	136.7
Floating-point processing power	0.0384 TFLOPS	4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	48
TMUs	8	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	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	no data	250 mm
Width	IGP	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	System Shared	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	6 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	192.2 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

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.0	6.8
OpenGL	3.3	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.

GeForce 9100 0.19

P106-100 16.03
+8337%

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.

GeForce 9100 81
Samples: 113

P106-100 6727
+8205%

Samples: 170

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	16.03
Recency	6 May 2008	19 June 2017
Chip lithography	80 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	120 Watt

GeForce 9100 has 200% lower power consumption.

P106-100, on the other hand, has a 8337% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The P106-100 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9100 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 9100 is a desktop graphics card while P106-100 is a workstation one.