P106M vs Radeon R9 380

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	403	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.69	no data
Power efficiency	5.79	no data
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Antigua	GP106
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Design	reference	no data
Release date	18 June 2015 (10 years ago)	23 January 2019 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1792	1152
Compute units	28	no data
Core clock speed	no data	1291 MHz
Boost clock speed	970 MHz	1291 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	108.6	92.95
Floating-point processing power	3.476 TFLOPS	2.974 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	112	72
L1 Cache	448 KB	432 KB
L2 Cache	512 KB	1280 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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	221 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Form factor	full height / full length / dual slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	None
Bridgeless CrossFire	+	-

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
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	-	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	96.13 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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire	+	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
VCE	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.3	6.8
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
Mantle	+	-
CUDA	-	6.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 June 2015	23 January 2019
Chip lithography	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	75 Watt