NVIDIA P106-090 vs NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile Comparison

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile and NVIDIA P106-090 occupy nearly the same percentile rank in the overall GPU landscape, yet their benchmark results reveal a stark performance chasm. The RTX A2000 Mobile sits at the 55th percentile of all GPUs, while the P106-090 is just one point behind at the 54th percentile. This near-identical standing is misleading, as the data shows the RTX A2000 Mobile is dramatically faster in every shared test, with the P106-090 failing to register a single head-to-head victory.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The direct comparison between these two GPUs is limited to two shared tests, but the results are decisive. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX A2000 Mobile scores 56,518 points against the P106-090's 21,304 points. This translates to a 165.3% advantage for the RTX A2000 Mobile — the newer Ampere part is more than two and a half times faster in raw compute throughput. The Geekbench Vulkan test tells an even more lopsided story: the RTX A2000 Mobile posts 53,146 points versus 18,596 points for the P106-090, a 185.8% lead. That is nearly triple the performance, indicating the RTX A2000 Mobile's architecture handles modern graphics APIs with far greater efficiency.

These deltas are enormous when contextualized against each card's nearest rivals. The RTX A2000 Mobile's average benchmark score of 13,821 places it in a virtual tie with the AMD Radeon 660M (13,812, a 0.1% difference) and just 0.6% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (13,745). Yet the P106-090's average score of 13,470 is similarly clustered, sitting 0.3% behind the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 (13,515) and 0.5% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 555 (13,407). The two cards are separated by only 351 points in average score — a 2.6% gap — which makes the individual Geekbench disparities of 165-185% all the more striking. The average scores are pulled together by other benchmark categories, but in the tests they share, the RTX A2000 Mobile utterly dominates.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous: the NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile is the superior GPU for any workload that leverages OpenCL or Vulkan. Its 165.3% lead in OpenCL and 185.8% lead in Vulkan are not marginal improvements but generational leaps. The P106-090, built for mining with no display outputs, cannot compete in these compute-oriented tests.

For users seeking a mobile GPU that can handle modern graphics APIs and compute tasks, the RTX A2000 Mobile is the only choice from this pairing. The P106-090's 54th percentile ranking suggests it is not a weak card by overall standards, but its specific benchmark profile — limited to Geekbench scores and a single 3DMark Steel Nomad result of 509 — does not include the DirectX and PassMark tests where the RTX A2000 Mobile has data. The absence of overlap in those test suites means the P106-090's strengths, if any, are not measurable against the RTX A2000 Mobile. From the available evidence, the RTX A2000 Mobile wins every head-to-head test, making it the definitive pick for performance. The P106-090 would only be relevant in a system that cannot accommodate the RTX A2000 Mobile's IGP form factor or requires a dual-slot card with a 6-pin power connector.

FAQ

Q: How much faster is the NVIDIA RTX A2000 Mobile than the P106-090 in OpenCL?

A: The RTX A2000 Mobile scores 56,518 in Geekbench OpenCL versus 21,304 for the P106-090, a 165.3% advantage.

Q: Which GPU has a higher Vulkan benchmark score?

A: The RTX A2000 Mobile leads with 53,146 points compared to the P106-090's 18,596 points, a 185.8% difference.

Q: Do the two GPUs have similar overall performance rankings?

A: Yes, they are nearly identical. The RTX A2000 Mobile is at the 55th percentile of all GPUs, while the P106-090 is at the 54th percentile, and their average benchmark scores are 13,821 and 13,470 respectively.

Q: What is the memory configuration difference?

A: The RTX A2000 Mobile has 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus with 192.0 GB/s bandwidth, while the P106-090 has 3 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 192-bit bus with 192.2 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Which GPU supports real-time ray tracing?

A: Only the RTX A2000 Mobile supports it, featuring 20 RT cores. The P106-090 has no RT cores listed in its specifications.

Q: Can the P106-090 output video to a display?

A: No. The P106-090 has no display outputs, whereas the RTX A2000 Mobile's outputs are listed as "Portable Device Dependent."

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every core specification. The RTX A2000 Mobile uses a GA107 chip on an 8 nm Samsung process, while the P106-090 uses a GP106 chip on a 16 nm TSMC process. Transistor counts diverge significantly: the RTX A2000 Mobile packs 8,700 million transistors versus 4,400 million for the P106-090, despite both having a 200 mm² die size. This results in a transistor density of 43.5M per mm² for the RTX A2000 Mobile versus 22.0M per mm² for the P106-090.

Clock speeds tell a different story. The P106-090 has a higher base clock at 1354 MHz versus 1215 MHz for the RTX A2000 Mobile, but the RTX A2000 Mobile boosts higher at 1687 MHz versus 1531 MHz. Memory clocks differ dramatically: the RTX A2000 Mobile runs at 1500 MHz with 12 Gbps effective speed, while the P106-090 runs at 2002 MHz with 8 Gbps effective. The shading units are the biggest divider — the RTX A2000 Mobile has 2,560 shading units, 80 TMUs, and 48 ROPs, against 768 shading units, 48 TMUs, and 48 ROPs for the P106-090. The RTX A2000 Mobile also includes 20 RT cores and 80 tensor cores, features entirely absent from the P106-090.

Power and physical specifications differ as well. The RTX A2000 Mobile has a 95 W TDP, IGP slot width, and no power connectors, while the P106-090 has a 75 W TDP, dual-slot width, and a single 6-pin power connector with a 250 W suggested PSU. The bus interface favors the RTX A2000 Mobile with PCIe 4.0 x16 versus the P106-090's PCIe 1.0 x1. The P106-090 measures 250 mm in length, while the RTX A2000 Mobile has no listed dimensions. The P106-090 is also older, released on 2017-07-30, while the RTX A2000 Mobile launched on 2021-04-11.

Architecture Differences

The RTX A2000 Mobile is built on the Ampere architecture, a design that brings hardware ray tracing and tensor core acceleration. Its 20 RT cores enable real-time ray tracing workloads, while 80 tensor cores provide dedicated AI and deep learning acceleration. The FP32 performance of 8.637 TFLOPS is matched by FP16 performance at a 1:1 ratio, also 8.637 TFLOPS, indicating full-rate half-precision compute. The P106-090, in contrast, uses the older Pascal architecture with no RT or tensor cores. Its FP32 performance is 2.352 TFLOPS, and FP16 performance is a paltry 36.74 GFLOPS at a 1:64 ratio — meaning half-precision math is severely crippled. The RTX A2000 Mobile's process advantage (8 nm Samsung versus 16 nm TSMC) allows it to pack over twice the transistors into the same die area, enabling these architectural features.

The memory subsystems reflect the generational gap. The RTX A2000 Mobile uses GDDR6 with a 128-bit bus, achieving 192.0 GB/s bandwidth. The P106-090 uses GDDR5 with a 192-bit bus, achieving a nearly identical 192.2 GB/s. The wider bus of the Pascal card cannot compensate for the older memory type, resulting in a bandwidth tie. Pixel and texture rates favor the RTX A2000 Mobile: 80.98 GPixel/s and 135.0 GTexel/s versus 73.49 GPixel/s and 73.49 GTexel/s for the P106-090. API support shows the RTX A2000 Mobile supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the P106-090 only supports DirectX 12 (12_1) — a difference that matters for advanced DX12 features. Both cards support OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4, but the RTX A2000 Mobile's Vulkan score of 53,146 versus 18,596 suggests the Ampere architecture extracts far more from the Vulkan API.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX A2000 Mobile wins every benchmark category where both cards have data. In Geekbench OpenCL, its 56,518 score versus 21,304 makes it the clear choice for compute-heavy applications like machine learning inference, video encoding, or scientific simulations that leverage OpenCL. The Vulkan result of 53,146 versus 18,596 further cements its position for modern gaming or graphics workloads that use Vulkan. The RTX A2000 Mobile's tensor cores and RT cores open up entire workload categories the P106-090 cannot touch — AI upscaling, ray-traced rendering, and neural network processing. Its 4 GB of GDDR6 memory, while not large, matches the P106-090's effective bandwidth while offering newer memory technology. For portable devices, the IGP slot width and no power connectors make it suitable for thin laptops, whereas the P106-090 requires a dual-slot footprint and a 6-pin power connection.

The P106-090 has no benchmark wins in the shared tests, but its specification sheet hints at niche advantages. Its higher base clock of 1354 MHz and wider 192-bit memory bus are legacy strengths, yet they do not translate into performance wins. The 75 W TDP is lower than the RTX A2000 Mobile's 95 W, which could be relevant for power-constrained desktop systems. The 250 mm length and 9.8-inch profile are measurable physical dimensions, useful for chassis compatibility. The P106-090's 3 GB of GDDR5 memory is smaller but the 192-bit bus is wider; however, the resulting bandwidth is essentially identical. The only unique benchmark it has is 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 with a score of 509, which has no corresponding RTX A2000 Mobile result. The P106-090's 54th percentile and average score of 13,470 indicate it is not a poor performer in absolute terms, but against the RTX A2000 Mobile, the data shows no area where the Pascal card prevails.