UHD Graphics Xe G1 vs GeForce 256 DDR

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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
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameNV10 A3Tiger Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date23 December 1999 (24 years ago)15 August 2020 (4 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 coresno data48
Core clock speed120 MHzno data
Number of transistors17 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology220 nm10 nm
Texture fill rate0.48no 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).

InterfaceAGP 4xno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDRDDR4
Maximum RAM amount32 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed150 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth4.8 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x VGAno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX7.0DirectX 12_1
OpenGL1.2no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 December 1999 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 220 nm 10 nm

UHD Graphics Xe G1 has an age advantage of 20 years, and a 2100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 256 DDR and UHD Graphics Xe G1. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 256 DDR is a desktop card while UHD Graphics Xe G1 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
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