A10G vs Tegra 4i GPU
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 68 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 22.19 |
| Architecture | VLIW Vec4 (2010−2013) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Tegra 4 | GA102 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 19 February 2013 (11 years ago) | 12 April 2021 (3 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 | no data | 9216 |
| Core clock speed | 660 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1710 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 11 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.320 | 492.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 31.52 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 96 |
| TMUs | 2 | 288 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 288 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 72 |
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).
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 8-pin EPS |
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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1563 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 600.2 GB/s |
| 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | N/A | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | ES 3.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 February 2013 | 12 April 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 150 Watt |
Tegra 4i GPU has 650% lower power consumption.
A10G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Tegra 4i GPU and A10G. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tegra 4i GPU is a notebook card while A10G is a workstation 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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