TU117 vs Fire GL1

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureIBM (1999−2001)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameIBMTU117
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 March 1999 (25 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data
Current priceno data$39

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data1024
Core clock speed45 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology250 nm12 nm
Texture fill rate0.05no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceAGP 2xno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSDRno data
Maximum RAM amount32 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed100 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth3.2 GB/sno data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x VGAno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

NVENCno data6th Gen
PureVideo HDno dataVP10

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX6.012 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL1.24.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDAno data7.5

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 250 nm 12 nm

We couldn't decide between Fire GL1 and TU117. We've got no test results to judge.


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