Tegra K1 vs GeForce GTX 1070

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking144not rated
Place by popularity25not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation23.33no data
Power efficiency16.14no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameGP104GK20A
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 June 2016 (8 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$379 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1920192
Core clock speed1506 MHz756 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHz951 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt8 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate202.07.608
Floating-point processing power6.463 TFLOPS0.3652 TFLOPS
ROPs644
TMUs1208

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotIGP
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed8 GB/sSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth256 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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5ES 3.1
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+-
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.

GTX 1070 48047
+6629%
Tegra K1 714

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 8 Watt

GTX 1070 has a 75% more advanced lithography process.

Tegra K1, on the other hand, has 1775% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 and Tegra K1. We've got no test results to judge.


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