Switch GPU 16nm vs Tegra X1

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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)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGM20BGM20B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data16 August 2019 (5 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 cores256256
Core clock speed1000 MHz384 MHz
Boost clock speedno data768 MHz
Number of transistors2,000 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology20 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate16.0012.29
Floating-point processing power0.512 TFLOPS0.3932 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs1616

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).

InterfaceIGPIGP
Lengthno data239 mm
WidthIGPIGP
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 typeSystem SharedDDR4
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1600 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

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 outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.1
CUDA-5.3

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 20 nm 16 nm

Switch GPU 16nm has a 25% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tegra X1 and Switch GPU 16nm. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Tegra X1
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