Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile vs Switch GPU 20nm

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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
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGM20BAD107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date17 March 2017 (7 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 cores2562560
Core clock speed384 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed768 MHz2025 MHz
Number of transistors2,000 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology20 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate12.29162.0
Floating-point processing power0.3932 TFLOPS10.37 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs1680
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x8
Length239 mmno data
WidthIGPno 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 typeDDR4GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s192.0 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.11.3
CUDA5.38.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2017 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 20 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Switch GPU 20nm has 133.3% lower power consumption.

Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Switch GPU 20nm and RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Switch GPU 20nm is a desktop card while RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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