Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G1 vs GeForce PCX 5950

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameNV38Tiger Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 February 2004 (20 years ago)15 August 2020 (4 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 coresno data48
Core clock speed475 MHzno data
Number of transistors135 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)57 Wattno data
Texture fill rate3.800no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no 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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data
Width2-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 typeGDDR3DDR4
Maximum RAM amount256 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed425 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth27.2 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0aDirectX 12_1
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 February 2004 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 130 nm 10 nm

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G1 has an age advantage of 16 years, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce PCX 5950 and Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G1. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce PCX 5950 is a desktop card while Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G1 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5950
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Intel Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G1
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