P106 090 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between P106 090 and Radeon HD 7870 XT, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the P106 090 stacks up against Radeon HD 7870 XT, check out specs charts below.
P106 090
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Main Specs

  P106 090 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 185 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT has 146% more power consumption, than P106 090.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • P106 090 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • P106 090 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of P106 090 is 429 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.
  • P106 090 is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT is 17 mm longer, than P106 090.
  • Memory clock speed of P106 090 is 2008 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 35−40
ultra / 1080p 9−10 21−24
QHD / 1440p 3−4 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 30−35 60−65
medium / 1080p 18−20 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 XT in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than P106 090.

Full Specs

  P106 090 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP106 Tahiti
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 31 July 2017 19 November 2012
Pipelines 768 1536
Core clock speed 1354 MHz 925 MHz
Boost Clock 1531 MHz 975 MHz
Transistor count 4,400 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 73.49 93.60
Floating-point performance 2,352 gflops 2,995 gflops
Length 250 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1
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