NX-SoC vs GeForce 705M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1061 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.45 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | GF119 | GM20B |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 27 September 2013 (11 years ago) | 17 March 2017 (7 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 | 48 | 256 |
| Core clock speed | 475 MHz | 384 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 768 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 2,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 20 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.800 | 12.29 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0912 TFLOPS | 0.3932 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 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).
| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | DDR3 | DDR4 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 4 GB |
| Standard memory configuration | DDR3 | no data |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | 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 | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
| eDP 1.2 signal support | Up to 2560x1600 | no data |
| LVDS signal support | Up to 1920x1200 | no data |
| VGA аnalog display support | Up to 2048x1536 | no data |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | Up to 2560x1600 | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| HDCP content protection | + | - |
| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | + | - |
| TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Blu-Ray 3D Support | + | - |
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | + | - |
| Optimus | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 API | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | + | 5.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 September 2013 | 17 March 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 20 nm |
NX-SoC has an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 705M and NX-SoC. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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