AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA P106-100 Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT wins every benchmark in which both GPUs appear. The head-to-head data includes three shared tests: 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, Geekbench OpenCL, and Geekbench Vulkan. The AMD card takes all three, with margins ranging from 29.2% to 74%. This is not a close contest; the RX 7700 XT is decisively faster across synthetic gaming and compute workloads.

The NVIDIA P106-100 wins no head-to-head tests. Its strongest result is in Geekbench Vulkan, where it scores 32,897 versus 46,443 for the RX 7700 XT, a 29.2% deficit. In the other two shared tests, the gap widens dramatically. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 899 against 3,316 represents a 72.9% shortfall. The OpenCL score of 35,951 against 138,383 is a 74% deficit. The data shows a GPU that is outclassed in every measured dimension.

The use-case split is therefore straightforward. The RX 7700 XT is the choice for any workload represented by these benchmarks: modern DX12 gaming, OpenCL compute, and Vulkan rendering. The P106-100, a mining-oriented part with no display outputs, has no competitive use case against this opponent based on available data. Its 68th percentile ranking among all GPUs is comparable to the RX 7700 XT's 67th percentile, but the average benchmark scores tell a different story — the P106-100's average of 23,249 actually edges the RX 7700 XT's 22,549, driven by the AMD card's low Passmark DX9 and DX12 scores (294 and 79, respectively) that drag down its aggregate.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different architectural generations and process nodes. The P106-100 uses NVIDIA's Pascal architecture on a 16 nm TSMC process, with 4,400 million transistors on a 200 mm² die. The RX 7700 XT uses AMD's RDNA 3.0 architecture on a 5 nm TSMC process, packing 28,100 million transistors into a 346 mm² die. Transistor density reflects the node advantage: 22.0 million per mm² for Pascal versus 81.2 million per mm² for RDNA 3.0.

Core configurations differ substantially. The P106-100 has 1,280 shading units, 80 texture mapping units, and 48 render output units. The RX 7700 XT has 3,456 shading units, 216 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. The AMD card also features 54 ray tracing cores, which the NVIDIA part lacks entirely. Neither GPU has tensor cores listed.

Memory subsystems are distinct. The P106-100 uses 6 GB of GDDR5 on a 192-bit bus, delivering 192.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The RX 7700 XT uses 12 GB of GDDR6 on the same 192-bit bus width, but achieves 432.0 GB/s — more than double the bandwidth. Memory clocks differ accordingly: 2,002 MHz (8 Gbps effective) for the P106-100 versus 2,250 MHz (18 Gbps effective) for the RX 7700 XT.

Clock speeds show an interesting inversion. The P106-100 has a higher base clock at 1,506 MHz versus 1,435 MHz, but the RX 7700 XT's boost clock of 2,544 MHz far exceeds the NVIDIA part's 1,709 MHz. The AMD card also lists a game clock of 2,171 MHz, a metric the NVIDIA card does not define.

Compute throughput metrics highlight the generational leap. The RX 7700 XT achieves 35.17 TFLOPS FP32 and 35.17 TFLOPS FP16 (1:1 ratio). The P106-100 manages 4.375 TFLOPS FP32 and just 68.36 GFLOPS FP16 (1:64 ratio). Pixel rate is 244.2 GPixel/s for AMD versus 82.03 GPixel/s for NVIDIA; texture rate is 549.5 GTexel/s versus 136.7 GTexel/s.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has better raw compute performance in FP32?

A: The RX 7700 XT delivers 35.17 TFLOPS FP32, which is approximately 8 times the P106-100's 4.375 TFLOPS. The OpenCL benchmark confirms this, with the AMD card scoring 138,383 against 35,951.

Q: Do these GPUs support the same DirectX version?

A: No. The P106-100 supports DirectX 12 (12_1), while the RX 7700 XT supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2). Both support OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4.

Q: Can the P106-100 be used for display output?

A: No. The P106-100 has no display outputs, which reflects its mining-oriented design. The RX 7700 XT has 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, and 1x USB Type-C.

Q: How do memory bandwidth figures compare?

A: The RX 7700 XT has 432.0 GB/s bandwidth from 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus. The P106-100 has 192.2 GB/s from 6 GB of GDDR5 on the same bus width. The AMD card offers roughly 2.25 times the bandwidth.

Q: Which GPU has a higher transistor density?

A: The RX 7700 XT has 81.2 million transistors per mm², compared to 22.0 million per mm² for the P106-100. This reflects the 5 nm process versus 16 nm.

Q: What is the average benchmark score difference?

A: The P106-100 has an average benchmark score of 23,249, slightly higher than the RX 7700 XT's 22,549. However, this aggregate is skewed by the AMD card's Passmark DX9 score of 294 and DX12 score of 79, which are not directly comparable to the NVIDIA part's three-test suite.

Specification Differences

| Field | NVIDIA P106-100 | AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT |

|---|---|---|

| Architecture | Pascal | RDNA 3.0 |

| Process node | 16 nm | 5 nm |

| Transistors | 4,400 million | 28,100 million |

| Die size | 200 mm² | 346 mm² |

| Transistor density | 22.0M / mm² | 81.2M / mm² |

| Base clock | 1506 MHz | 1435 MHz |

| Boost clock | 1709 MHz | 2544 MHz |

| Game clock | Not specified | 2171 MHz |

| Memory size | 6 GB | 12 GB |

| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |

| Memory clock | 2002 MHz (8 Gbps effective) | 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective) |

| Memory bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | 432.0 GB/s |

| Shading units | 1280 | 3456 |

| TMUs | 80 | 216 |

| ROPs | 48 | 96 |

| RT cores | Not specified | 54 |

| Pixel rate | 82.03 GPixel/s | 244.2 GPixel/s |

| Texture rate | 136.7 GTexel/s | 549.5 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 4.375 TFLOPS | 35.17 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 68.36 GFLOPS (1:64) | 35.17 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 120 W | 245 W |

| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 8-pin |

| Suggested PSU | 300 W | 550 W |

| Bus interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |

| Display outputs | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C |

| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |

| Dimensions | 250 mm (9.8 inches) | 267 mm (10.5 inches) x 135 mm (5.3 inches) x 50 mm (2 inches) |

| Production status | End-of-life | Active |

| Release date | 2017-06-18 | 2023-09-05 |

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test shows the largest proportional gap. The RX 7700 XT scores 3,316 versus 899 for the P106-100, a 72.9% advantage. This is a modern DirectX 12 workload that stresses geometry, shading, and memory bandwidth — all areas where the RDNA 3.0 architecture with 3,456 shading units and 432.0 GB/s bandwidth has a structural edge over Pascal's 1,280 shading units and 192.2 GB/s.

Geekbench OpenCL reveals the compute divide. The RX 7700 XT scores 138,383, which is 74% ahead of the P106-100's 35,951. This aligns with the FP32 throughput figures: 35.17 TFLOPS versus 4.375 TFLOPS. The 1:1 FP16 ratio on the AMD card versus the 1:64 ratio on the NVIDIA part further explains why compute-heavy workloads show such extreme divergence. The RX 7700 XT can process FP16 at the same rate as FP32, while the P106-100's FP16 throughput is negligible.

Geekbench Vulkan is the closest contest, though the winner is still clear. The RX 7700 XT scores 46,443 against 32,897, a 29.2% margin. This smaller gap likely reflects Vulkan's more efficient CPU driver overhead and the fact that this particular benchmark may not fully saturate the AMD card's wider execution resources. Still, the RX 7700 XT wins by nearly a third, which is a substantial lead in any real-world context.

The head-to-head tally is 3 wins for AMD, 0 for NVIDIA. The P106-100's nearest rivals in aggregate scoring — the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 at 23,250 (0% delta) and the AMD Radeon RX 6600M at 23,273 (-0.1% delta) — bracket its 23,249 average. The RX 7700 XT, by contrast, sits near the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile (22,435, 0.5% delta) and RTX 4060 Mobile (22,729, -0.8% delta). The aggregate scores are comparable, but the individual benchmark results show the RX 7700 XT's Passmark DX9 (294) and DX12 (79) scores are anomalously low, suggesting driver or benchmark compatibility issues rather than fundamental hardware weaknesses.

The RX 7700 XT's launch MSRP is 449 USD. Its nearest rival in aggregate score, the RTX 2080, shows a -1.5% delta, meaning the AMD card sits slightly above it in average performance. The P106-100's production status is end-of-life, released in 2017, while the RX 7700 XT remains active with a 2023 release date. The six-year gap in release dates corresponds directly to the architectural and process advantages the AMD card enjoys across every measurable metric in this comparison.