P106 100 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing P106 100 and Radeon HD 7870 XT. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between P106 100 and Radeon HD 7870 XT. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
P106 100
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Main Specs

  P106 100 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Power consumption (TDP) 120 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 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT has 54% more power consumption, than P106 100.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • P106 100 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • P106 100 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of P106 100 is 581 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.
  • P106 100 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 100.
  • Memory clock speed of P106 100 is 2008 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
P106 100 and Radeon HD 7870 XT have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  P106 100 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP106 Tahiti
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 19 June 2017 19 November 2012
Pipelines 1280 1536
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 925 MHz
Boost Clock 1709 MHz 975 MHz
Transistor count 4,400 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 136.7 93.60
Floating-point performance 4,375 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
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 346 Mh/s
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