Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile vs Tegra 2 GPU

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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
ArchitectureVLIW Vec4 (2010−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTegra 2GN21-X2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date3 June 2010 (14 years ago)27 February 2024 (less than a year 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 data2560
Core clock speed300 MHzno data
Boost clock speed400 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate1.600no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs4no 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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceIGPno data
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared6 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared96 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared16000 MHz
Shared memoryno 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 data

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate
OpenGLES 2.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2010 27 February 2024
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 115 Watt

Tegra 2 GPU has 475% lower power consumption.

Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tegra 2 GPU and RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tegra 2 GPU is a desktop card while RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile is a notebook one.


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