NVIDIA P106-100 vs AMD Radeon HD 7950

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Combined performance score

HD 7950
12.29

P106-100 outperforms Radeon HD 7950 by 33% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking366302
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.3211.27
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameTahitiGP106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date31 January 2012 (12 years old)19 June 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 no data
Current price$431 (1x MSRP)$14.65
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

P106-100 has 754% better value for money than HD 7950.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores17921280
Compute units28no data
Core clock speedno data1506 MHz
Boost clock speed1250 MHz1709 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate89.60136.7
Floating-point performance2,867 gflops4,375 gflops

Size and 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 supportPCIe 3.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm250 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 6-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth240 GB/s192.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity1no data
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI+no data
DisplayPort support-no data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune+no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore+no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkanno data1.2.131
Mantle-no data
CUDAno data6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

HD 7950 12.29
P106-100 16.40
+33.4%

P106-100 outperforms Radeon HD 7950 by 33% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 7950 4764
P106-100 6357
+33.4%

P106-100 outperforms Radeon HD 7950 by 33% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 12.29 16.40
Recency 31 January 2012 19 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 120 Watt

The P106-100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7950 in performance tests.


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