Tegra X1 vs GeForce GTX 870M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking485not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.21no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGK104GM20B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 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 cores1344256
Core clock speed941 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed967 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate108.316.00
Floating-point processing power2.599 TFLOPS0.512 TFLOPS
ROPs2416
TMUs11216

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)IGP
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 amount3 GBSystem Shared
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width192 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedUp to 2500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth120.0 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
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no 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.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (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.

GTX 870M 11207
+623%
Tegra X1 1551

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.


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