Tegra X1 vs GeForce GTX 870M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in the ranking | 485 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Power efficiency | 6.21 | no data |
Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
GPU code name | GK104 | GM20B |
Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
Release date | 12 March 2014 (10 years ago) | no data (2024 years ago) |
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 cores | 1344 | 256 |
Core clock speed | 941 MHz | 1000 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 967 MHz | no data |
Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 2,000 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 20 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 15 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 108.3 | 16.00 |
Floating-point processing power | 2.599 TFLOPS | 0.512 TFLOPS |
ROPs | 24 | 16 |
TMUs | 112 | 16 |
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 size | large | no data |
Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | no data |
Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | IGP |
Width | no data | IGP |
Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | GDDR5 | System Shared |
Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | System Shared |
Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | no data |
Memory bus width | 192 Bit | System Shared |
Memory clock speed | Up to 2500 MHz | System Shared |
Memory bandwidth | 120.0 GB/s | no 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
eDP 1.2 signal support | Up to 3840x2160 | no data |
LVDS signal support | Up to 1920x1200 | no data |
VGA аnalog display support | Up to 2048x1536 | no data |
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | Up to 3840x2160 | no data |
HDMI | + | - |
HDCP content protection | + | - |
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | + | - |
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | + | - |
Optimus | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
Vulkan | 1.1.126 | - |
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.
Pros & cons summary
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 20 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 15 Watt |
Tegra X1 has a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 870M and Tegra X1. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 870M is a notebook card while Tegra X1 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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