NVIDIA P102-100

The NVIDIA P102-100 is a Pascal mining GPU built on the GP102 chip, manufactured by NVIDIA at TSMC using a 16 nm process. The die contains 11,800 million transistors on 471 mm², for a transistor density of 25.1M / mm². It belongs to the Mining GPUs generation, has no display outputs, and is marked end-of-life with a release date of 2018-02-11. Clock speeds are 1582 MHz base and 1683 MHz boost, with memory at 1376 MHz / 11 Gbps effective. In aggregated benchmark data, the card averages 57601 points and sits at the 89th percentile of all GPUs.

Benchmark Performance

The benchmark database lists two Geekbench results: OpenCL at 49602 and Vulkan at 65600. The Vulkan result is clearly higher than the OpenCL result, so the card’s compute throughput is API-dependent. The average benchmark score of 57601 combines these two measurements, and the 89th percentile ranking indicates that the P102-100 outperforms most of the database’s GPU population. The compute resources behind that ranking are 3200 shading units, 200 texture mapping units, and 80 ROPs. These yield a pixel rate of 134.6 GPixel/s, a texture rate of 336.6 GTexel/s, and FP32 throughput of 10.77 TFLOPS. FP16 throughput is 168.3 GFLOPS at a 1:64 ratio, meaning the FP16 rate is a small fraction of FP32. Consequently, the P102-100 is oriented toward FP32 compute rather than half-precision workloads.

The nearestRivals data shows how tightly grouped this card is. The AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM has an average score of 57599 and a deltaPct of 0, so the P102-100 is neither ahead nor behind that rival. The AMD Radeon Pro W5500X averages 57661, with the P102-100 at -0.1%. The Intel Arc A580 averages 57756, a -0.3% gap. The Intel Arc A570M averages 58239, a -1.1% gap. The deltaPct values therefore run from 0 to -1.1, and the spread of average scores is 57599 to 58239. The P102-100’s own average of 57601 places it just below three of those rivals and exactly level with the RX 5600 OEM.

Memory Subsystem

The memory configuration consists of 5 GB of GDDR5X on a 320-bit bus. The memory clock is 1376 MHz, equivalent to 11 Gbps effective, and the combination produces a bandwidth of 440.3 GB/s. High bandwidth is important for workloads that repeatedly move large textures, buffers, or intermediate data. In high-resolution contexts, the 320-bit interface and 440.3 GB/s bandwidth help keep the GPU fed, but the 5 GB capacity is the upper bound for resident data. Because the card has no display outputs, high-resolution rendering would have to be performed into an off-screen buffer or used in compute processing of high-resolution images rather than displayed directly. The memory clock and effective data rate are both listed, so the 11 Gbps effective figure is what supports the 440.3 GB/s total. No other memory configuration is listed for this card.

How It Compares

Against the AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM, the P102-100’s average score of 57601 is effectively identical to the rival’s 57599. The deltaPct of 0 makes this a direct tie in the database.

Against the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X, the rival’s average score is 57661 and the deltaPct is -0.1. The P102-100 trails slightly, but the margin is negligible for most workloads.

Against the Intel Arc A580, the rival’s average of 57756 gives a deltaPct of -0.3. The P102-100 is a little behind this card in average benchmark score.

Against the Intel Arc A570M, the rival’s average is 58239 and the deltaPct is -1.1. This is the largest gap among the listed nearest rivals, yet it is still a small overall distance from the P102-100’s score.

Who Should Consider It

The P102-100 is not a display card; with no outputs, any system using it must run headless or rely on another GPU for display. The database lists it under Mining GPUs and as end-of-life, so the intended environment is mining or compute rather than desktop use. Benchmark results give two concrete data points: OpenCL 49602 and Vulkan 65600. Applications that can use Vulkan should see better performance than those limited to OpenCL, based on those scores. The 5 GB memory capacity and 440.3 GB/s bandwidth mean workloads should fit within 5 GB to avoid host-side fallback. The card’s 89th percentile position and average score of 57601 align it with the AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM, the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X, the Intel Arc A580, and the Intel Arc A570M. For high-resolution compute work, the listed host interface is PCIe 1.0 x4, while the GPU-side memory bandwidth remains 440.3 GB/s. This is a specialized part for specialized workloads.

Ray Tracing and Feature Set

The data lists no RT core count and no tensor core count for the P102-100. Without those fields, the card cannot be positioned as an RT-capable or tensor-accelerated product. API support is DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. These are listed API versions, but the card’s lack of display outputs limits their use to compute or off-screen contexts. The Pascal architecture and GP102 chip define the feature base. FP16 compute is 168.3 GFLOPS with a 1:64 ratio, which is far below the FP32 figure of 10.77 TFLOPS; this reinforces that the card is built around FP32 operations. The RT core and tensor core fields being null means there is no dedicated hardware for those functions in the data. The feature set is therefore compute-oriented rather than graphics- or AI-accelerator-oriented.

Power and Cooling

Power characteristics are listed as a 250 W TDP, 2x 8-pin power connectors, and a suggested PSU of 600 W. The physical format is dual-slot, and the card length is 267 mm / 10.5 inches. These numbers define the installation envelope. The host connection uses PCIe 1.0 x4. Since there are no display outputs, the card does not provide a monitor connection. The production status is end-of-life, and the release date is 2018-02-11. The relevant constraints for installation are the 2x 8-pin connectors, 600 W suggested PSU, dual-slot clearance, and 267 mm / 10.5 inches of length.