P104-100 vs Radeon Sky 500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Sky 500 and P104-100, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Sky 500
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
10.53
+29.8%

Sky 500 outperforms P104-100 by a substantial 30% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking417481
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.58no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code namePitcairnGP104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date27 March 2013 (11 years ago)12 December 2017 (7 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 cores12801920
Core clock speed950 MHz1607 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1733 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data
Texture fill rate76.00208.0
Floating-point processing power2.432 TFLOPS6.655 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs80120

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length242 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1251 MHz
Memory bandwidth154 GB/s320.3 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 Connectors1x DisplayPortNo outputs
DisplayPort count1no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
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.

Sky 500 10.53
+29.8%
P104-100 8.11

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.

Sky 500 4709
+29.8%
P104-100 3628

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 10.53 8.11
Recency 27 March 2013 12 December 2017
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm

Sky 500 has a 29.8% higher aggregate performance score.

P104-100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Sky 500 is our recommended choice as it beats the P104-100 in performance tests.

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