Tegra X1 vs FireStream 9170

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	937	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.11	no data
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	RV670	GM20B
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	8 November 2007 (17 years ago)	no data (2024 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	320	256
Core clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Number of transistors	666 million	2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.80	16.00
Floating-point processing power	0.512 TFLOPS	0.512 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	16	16

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	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	no 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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	55 nm	20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	15 Watt

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