AMD Radeon Pro VII vs NVIDIA P102-100 Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The benchmark data splits cleanly along workload type, and the AMD Radeon Pro VII dominates both recorded tests. In Geekbench OpenCL, the Radeon Pro VII scores 90,148 against the NVIDIA P102-100's 49,602, a delta of 81.7% in favor of AMD. In Geekbench Vulkan, the AMD card posts 92,862 versus 67,454 for the NVIDIA, a 37.7% advantage. There are no benchmark categories in the database where the NVIDIA P102-100 wins outright; the recorded wins tally is 2 for AMD and 0 for NVIDIA.

The OpenCL result is the more extreme gap. An 81.7% lead suggests a fundamental throughput advantage in compute-heavy, general-purpose GPU workloads. The AMD Radeon Pro VII carries 3,840 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs, while the NVIDIA P102-100 has 3,200 shading units, 200 TMUs, and 80 ROPs. Raw shader count favors AMD by 640 units, but the memory subsystem difference is more dramatic: 16 GB of HBM2 on a 4096-bit bus delivering 1.02 TB/s versus 5 GB of GDDR5X on a 320-bit bus at 440.3 GB/s. That is more than double the memory bandwidth, and OpenCL workloads often scale with bandwidth.

The Vulkan result is closer but still decisive. A 37.7% lead in Vulkan indicates the AMD architecture translates its compute resources into graphics and heterogeneous compute more efficiently in this API. The NVIDIA part still produces respectable absolute numbers, 67,454, but the gap is consistent with the hardware specification differences.

Where the NVIDIA P102-100 can claim a relative edge is in pixel throughput. Its pixel rate is 134.6 GPixel/s versus 108.8 GPixel/s for AMD, a 23.7% advantage in raw ROP output. Similarly, the NVIDIA part has a higher base clock at 1582 MHz versus 1400 MHz, and a boost clock of 1683 MHz versus 1700 MHz, meaning the AMD part actually boosts higher. The NVIDIA texture rate is lower at 336.6 GTexel/s versus 408.0 GTexel/s for AMD, so texturing favors AMD.

The database also places these cards in different competitive neighborhoods. The AMD Radeon Pro VII sits at the 93rd percentile among all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 97,131. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 7900M (delta -0.4%), the AMD Radeon Instinct MI60 (delta +5%), the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 (delta -4.7%), and the NVIDIA RTX A4500 (delta +6%). The NVIDIA P102-100 sits at the 88th percentile with an average score of 58,528, and its nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon PRO V710 (delta -0.2%), the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (delta +0.2%), the Intel Arc A570M (delta +0.5%), and the AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM (delta +0.8%). The percentile gap of 5 points (93 vs 88) and the average score gap of 38,603 points place these cards in different performance tiers entirely.

The Verdict

The data dictates a simple conclusion: for any workload represented in the Geekbench suite, the AMD Radeon Pro VII is the stronger card. Its 81.7% OpenCL lead and 37.7% Vulkan lead are not marginal differences; they are category-level gaps. The AMD part outperforms the NVIDIA part by 65.9% on average benchmark score (97,131 versus 58,528). This is not a close contest.

Who should pick the AMD Radeon Pro VII? Anyone running OpenCL-heavy compute tasks, which includes many scientific, rendering, and machine learning workloads that rely on general-purpose GPU compute. The 16 GB HBM2 memory with 1.02 TB/s bandwidth is a massive advantage for large datasets that need to stay resident in VRAM. The card also supports PCIe 4.0 x16, which is a modern interface, and it has 6x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, making it usable as a display adapter for multi-monitor setups. It also supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3.

Who should pick the NVIDIA P102-100? The data does not support picking it for compute performance in the tested benchmarks. It loses both head-to-head tests, and by a wide margin in OpenCL. However, the card has characteristics that might matter in specific niches. It has a higher pixel rate (134.6 GPixel/s vs 108.8 GPixel/s), which could matter for certain rasterization-bound tasks, though no benchmark in the database measures that directly. It also has no display outputs, which means it is not intended for desktop use. The card's generation label is "Mining GPUs," which suggests its design priorities lie elsewhere. Its PCIe 1.0 x4 interface is severely limiting for data transfer, and its 5 GB memory capacity is small. The only scenario where the NVIDIA part could be preferable is one where its higher pixel fill rate and lower average competitive position (88th percentile, but still above 80) are enough, and where the user does not need display output or modern PCIe bandwidth. The database does not provide evidence that such a scenario yields better performance in any recorded test.

The verdict is unambiguous: the AMD Radeon Pro VII is the superior card in every measured benchmark. The NVIDIA P102-100 is a niche part that loses on compute, loses on memory bandwidth, loses on average score, and offers no winning benchmark category in the recorded data.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records two direct comparisons between these cards, both from Geekbench.

Geekbench OpenCL: AMD Radeon Pro VII scores 90,148. NVIDIA P102-100 scores 49,602. The AMD card wins by 81.7%. This is the largest delta in either direction. The magnitude of this gap is notable because the NVIDIA card has a higher base clock (1582 MHz vs 1400 MHz) and a higher boost clock on paper (1683 MHz, though the AMD boost is 1700 MHz). Clock speed alone does not compensate for the AMD card's advantages in shader count (3,840 vs 3,200), memory bandwidth (1.02 TB/s vs 440.3 GB/s), and FP32 throughput (13.06 TFLOPS vs 10.77 TFLOPS). The AMD card also has a significant FP16 advantage at 26.11 TFLOPS (2:1) versus 168.3 GFLOPS (1:64) for NVIDIA, a 155x difference in raw FP16 capability. OpenCL workloads that use FP16 will see outsized gains on the AMD part.

Geekbench Vulkan: AMD Radeon Pro VII scores 92,862. NVIDIA P102-100 scores 67,454. The AMD card wins by 37.7%. This gap is smaller than OpenCL but still substantial. Vulkan is a lower-level API that can expose hardware differences more directly. The AMD card's architecture, GCN 5.1 on a 7 nm process, appears to handle Vulkan's command buffers and async compute well. The NVIDIA card, based on Pascal on a 16 nm process, still delivers a solid score but cannot match the AMD card's throughput. The NVIDIA card does have a higher pixel rate (134.6 GPixel/s vs 108.8 GPixel/s), which could help in some Vulkan rendering passes, but the overall score reflects the AMD card's dominance in the tested workload mix.

The database also shows that the AMD Radeon Pro VII's OpenCL score of 90,148 is close to its Vulkan score of 92,862, indicating consistent performance across APIs. The NVIDIA P102-100 shows more variability: its Vulkan score of 67,454 is 36% higher than its OpenCL score of 49,602. This suggests the NVIDIA card is relatively better at Vulkan than at OpenCL, but still not competitive with the AMD card in either.

Average benchmark scores reinforce the head-to-head results. The AMD card averages 97,131 across all recorded benchmarks, while the NVIDIA card averages 58,528. The AMD card's average is 65.9% higher. The AMD card's percentile rank of 93 versus 88 for NVIDIA places it in a higher performance tier overall. The nearest rival data also shows context: the AMD card's nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 7900M, is only 0.4% behind, meaning the Pro VII sits at the top of its immediate competitive cluster. The NVIDIA card's nearest rival, the AMD Radeon PRO V710, is 0.2% behind, meaning the P102-100 is similarly at the top of its own, lower cluster.

FAQ

Q: Which card is faster in OpenCL?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro VII is faster by a wide margin. It scores 90,148 versus 49,602 for the NVIDIA P102-100, a delta of 81.7%.

Q: Which card is faster in Vulkan?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro VII again wins, scoring 92,862 versus 67,454 for the NVIDIA P102-100, a delta of 37.7%.

Q: What is the memory configuration difference?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro VII has 16 GB of HBM2 on a 4096-bit bus with 1.02 TB/s bandwidth. The NVIDIA P102-100 has 5 GB of GDDR5X on a 320-bit bus with 440.3 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Does the NVIDIA P102-100 have any advantage in the recorded data?

A: The NVIDIA card has a higher pixel rate at 134.6 GPixel/s versus 108.8 GPixel/s for AMD. It also has a higher base clock at 1582 MHz versus 1400 MHz. However, no recorded benchmark shows it winning.

Q: What is the average benchmark score for each card?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro VII has an average benchmark score of 97,131. The NVIDIA P102-100 has an average benchmark score of 58,528. The AMD card is 65.9% higher.

Q: What are the display output capabilities?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro VII has 6x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a outputs. The NVIDIA P102-100 has no display outputs at all.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from different architectural generations and manufacturing processes. The AMD Radeon Pro VII uses the Vega 20 chip with GCN 5.1 architecture, built on a 7 nm process at TSMC. The NVIDIA P102-100 uses the GP102 chip with Pascal architecture, built on a 16 nm process, also at TSMC. The process node difference is significant: 7 nm versus 16 nm allows the AMD card to pack 13,230 million transistors into a 331 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 40.0M per mm². The NVIDIA card has 11,800 million transistors on a 471 mm² die, for a density of 25.1M per mm². The AMD chip is denser and smaller.

The memory subsystems are fundamentally different. The AMD card uses HBM2 with a 4096-bit bus width, achieving 1.02 TB/s bandwidth. The NVIDIA card uses GDDR5X with a 320-bit bus, achieving 440.3 GB/s. The AMD card has more than double the memory bandwidth and three times the memory capacity (16 GB vs 5 GB). Memory clock rates also differ: the AMD memory runs at 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective), while the NVIDIA memory runs at 1376 MHz (11 Gbps effective). The NVIDIA memory is faster per pin, but the AMD bus width dominates.

Compute resources differ in distribution. The AMD card has 3,840 shading units, 240 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The NVIDIA card has 3,200 shading units, 200 TMUs, and 80 ROPs. The AMD card has more shaders and TMUs, while the NVIDIA card has more ROPs. This explains the pixel rate advantage for NVIDIA (134.6 GPixel/s vs 108.8 GPixel/s) and the texture rate advantage for AMD (408.0 GTexel/s vs 336.6 GTexel/s). FP32 throughput favors AMD at 13.06 TFLOPS versus 10.77 TFLOPS. FP16 throughput is dramatically different: AMD achieves 26.11 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio, while NVIDIA manages only 168.3 GFLOPS with a 1:64 ratio. This makes the AMD card vastly more capable for FP16 compute workloads.

The cards have identical TDPs at 250 W and identical suggested PSU requirements at 600 W. Both are dual-slot cards. Power connectors differ: the AMD card uses 1x 6-pin plus 1x 8-pin, while the NVIDIA card requires 2x 8-pin. Physical dimensions differ: the AMD card is 305 mm (12 inches) long and 111 mm (4.4 inches) tall, while the NVIDIA card is 267 mm (10.5 inches) long with no recorded height.

Bus interfaces are a major differentiator. The AMD card uses PCIe 4.0 x16, a modern high-bandwidth interface. The NVIDIA card uses PCIe 1.0 x4, which is severely bandwidth-limited. This means the NVIDIA card cannot transfer data to and from the host system at competitive speeds, regardless of its compute capabilities. Display output also differs: the AMD card has 6x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a, while the NVIDIA card has no outputs, consistent with its "Mining GPUs" generation label.

API support is comparable but not identical. Both support DirectX 12 (12_1) and OpenGL 4.6. The AMD card supports Vulkan 1.3, while the NVIDIA card supports Vulkan 1.4. The NVIDIA card has a newer Vulkan version, which may affect certain features, but the recorded Vulkan benchmark still favors AMD by 37.7%.

Release timelines differ. The AMD card was released on 2020-05-12, while the NVIDIA card was released earlier on 2018-02-11. Both are end-of-life production status. The AMD card has a launch MSRP of 1,899 USD, while the NVIDIA card has no recorded launch MSRP. The AMD card's predecessor is the Radeon Pro Polaris and its successor is the Radeon Pro Navi. The NVIDIA card has no recorded predecessor or successor.