Qualcomm Adreno 680 vs Tegra 4

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated860
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data21.35
ArchitectureVLIW Vec4 (2010−2013)no data
GPU code nameTegra 4no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 August 2013 (11 years ago)6 December 2018 (6 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.

Core clock speed672 MHzno data
Number of transistors11 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt7 Watt
Texture fill rate2.688no 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).

InterfaceIGPno 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 typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
Shared memory++

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 outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/A12
OpenGLES 3.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 August 2013 6 December 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 7 Watt

Qualcomm Adreno 680 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 185.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tegra 4 and Qualcomm Adreno 680. We've got no test results to judge.


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