Tegra X1 vs GeForce GT 650M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking757not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code nameN13E-GEGM20B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384256
CUDA cores384no data
Core clock speedUp to 900 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,270 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate30.4016.00
Floating-point processing power0.7296 gflops0.512 gflops
ROPs1616
TMUs3216

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeDDR3\GDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128bitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1800 - 4000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidthUp to 80.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.1no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GT 650M 3247
+109%
Tegra X1 1551

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 20 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 15 Watt

Tegra X1 has a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 650M and Tegra X1. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 650M is a notebook card while Tegra X1 is a desktop one.


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