Radeon RX 5600 OEM vs P106-100

Place in the ranking	322	173
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	9.61	14.56
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	GP106	Navi 10
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	19 June 2017 (7 years ago)	21 January 2020 (4 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	2048
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1130 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz	1560 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	136.7	199.7
Floating-point processing power	4.375 TFLOPS	6.39 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	64
TMUs	80	128

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 4.0 x16
Length	250 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	288.0 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_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
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.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

P106-100 16.61

RX 5600 OEM 31.45
+89.3%

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.

P106-100 6408

RX 5600 OEM 12137
+89.4%

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	16.61	31.45
Recency	19 June 2017	21 January 2020
Chip lithography	16 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	150 Watt

P106-100 has 25% lower power consumption.

RX 5600 OEM, on the other hand, has a 89.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5600 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the P106-100 in performance tests.

Be aware that P106-100 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 5600 OEM is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.