P106-100 vs Radeon R9 390 X2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated322
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data9.65
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGrenadaGP106
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date3 September 2015 (9 years ago)19 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,399 no data

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 cores25601280
Core clock speed1000 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1709 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)580 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate160.0136.7
Floating-point processing power5.12 TFLOPS4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs16080

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data250 mm
Width3-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors4x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1350 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth345.6 GB/s192.2 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 September 2015 19 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 580 Watt 120 Watt

R9 390 X2 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

P106-100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 383.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 390 X2 and P106-100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 390 X2 is a desktop card while P106-100 is a workstation one.


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