Tegra K1 vs Riva 128

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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
Architectureno dataKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameNV3GK20A
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 April 1997 (27 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 coresno data192
Core clock speed100 MHz756 MHz
Boost clock speedno data951 MHz
Number of transistors4 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology350 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)4 Watt8 Watt
Texture fill rate0.17.608
Floating-point processing powerno data0.3652 TFLOPS
ROPs14
TMUs18

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 2xIGP
Width1-slotIGP
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 typeSDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed100 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth1.6 GB/sno 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 VGA, 1x DB13W3No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX5.012 (11_0)
OpenGL1.0ES 3.1
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 350 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 8 Watt

Riva 128 has 100% lower power consumption.

Tegra K1, on the other hand, has a 1150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Riva 128 and Tegra K1. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Riva 128
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