Jetson TX1 GPU vs FireStream 9170

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking941not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.10no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameRV670GM20B
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date8 November 2007 (17 years ago)4 January 2015 (9 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 cores320256
Core clock speed800 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors666 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate12.8016.00
Floating-point processing power0.512 TFLOPS0.512 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs1616

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 2.0 x16IGP
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth51.2 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1
CUDA-5.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 November 2007 4 January 2015
Chip lithography 55 nm 20 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 15 Watt

Jetson TX1 GPU has an age advantage of 7 years, a 175% more advanced lithography process, and 600% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FireStream 9170 and Jetson TX1 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FireStream 9170 is a workstation card while Jetson TX1 GPU is a notebook 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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AMD FireStream 9170
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