Qualcomm Adreno 685 vs Tegra X1

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated826
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data24.88
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)no data
GPU code nameGM20Bno data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateno data6 December 2018 (6 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 cores256no data
Core clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology20 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt7 Watt
Texture fill rate16.00no data
Floating-point processing power0.512 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs16no 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).

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 Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
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.

DirectX12 (12_1)12
OpenGL4.6no data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 20 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 7 Watt

Qualcomm Adreno 685 has a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 114.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tegra X1 and Qualcomm Adreno 685. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tegra X1 is a desktop card while Qualcomm Adreno 685 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Tegra X1
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Qualcomm Adreno 685
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