Switch GPU 20nm vs Qualcomm Adreno 680

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking860not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency21.35no data
Architectureno dataMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameno dataGM20B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 December 2018 (6 years ago)17 March 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

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 data256
Core clock speedno data384 MHz
Boost clock speedno data768 MHz
Number of transistorsno data2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)7 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data12.29
Floating-point processing powerno data0.3932 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data16

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).

Interfaceno dataIGP
Lengthno data239 mm
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataDDR4
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1600 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data25.6 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.1
CUDA-5.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 December 2018 17 March 2017
Chip lithography 7 nm 20 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 15 Watt

Qualcomm Adreno 680 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 114.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Qualcomm Adreno 680 and Switch GPU 20nm. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Qualcomm Adreno 680 is a notebook card while Switch GPU 20nm is a desktop one.


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