Radeon RX 560 XT vs P106-100
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 326 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 9.59 | no data |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | GP106 | Ellesmere |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 19 June 2017 (7 years ago) | 13 March 2019 (5 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 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 1506 MHz | 973 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1709 MHz | 1073 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,400 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 136.7 | 120.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.375 TFLOPS | 3.846 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | 112 |
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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 250 mm | 241 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2002 MHz | 1650 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | 211.2 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 6.1 | - |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
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.
GeekBench 5 Vulkan
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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 June 2017 | 13 March 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 150 Watt |
P106-100 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 25% lower power consumption.
RX 560 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between P106-100 and Radeon RX 560 XT. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that P106-100 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 560 XT is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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