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Nvidia Tegra 2 (250)

NVIDIA 2 (250)

The NVIDIA Tegra 250 is a SOC (System on a Chip) of the Tegra 2 (T20/AP20H) series. It contains a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, a GeForce ULP graphics card, a DDR2 memory controller, video de- and encoders, a dedicated audio processor and an additional ARM7 core for power saving and management work.

The processing core contains two ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore cores without NEON SIMD Instructions (Single Instruction Multiple Data). Each core is clocked up to 1 GHz but the performance per MHz is significantly slower than x86 processors like Atom or AMD C-Series. 

The integrated GeForce ULP graphics card offers 8 cores (4 pixel- and 4 vertex shaders) and is clcoked with 300 (AP20H) or 333 MHz. Rumors speak of a relation to the old GeForce 7 architecture. The graphics card has no dedicated memory (uses shared memory). It supports OpenGL ES 2.0 as an interface for programmers. Up to two displays can be used simultaneously (one HDMI with up to 1080p and an internal with up to 1680x1050).

Video de- and encoding is also handled by separate processors, that are capable of decoding H.264 (Main Profile), Sorenson and VP6-E (Flash codecs) and encoding 1080p H.264. Furthermore a dedicated music en- and decoder is also on-board.

The integrated single channel 32 Bit DDR2 memory controller supports up to 1 GB of DDR2-667 or LPDDR2-600.

The Nvidia Tegra 250 is manufactured in 40nm at TSMC and is rumored to have a TDP of 0.5-1W. Therefore it is suited for small tablets and even large phones.

SeriesNVIDIA Tegra
CodenameT20 Harmony
Clock Rate1000 MHz
Level 1 Cache128 KB
Level 2 Cache1 MB
Number of Cores / Threads2 / 2
Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)1 Watt
Manufacturing Technology40 nm
FeaturesDDR2-667 memory controller, integrated GeForce graphics card
GPUNVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2)
Announcement Date01/01/2010
Product Link (external)NVIDIA Tegra 2 (250)

Benchmarks

Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Stream
min: 166     avg: 178     median: 184 (2%)     max: 184 Points
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Memory
min: 815     avg: 903.3     median: 941 (14%)     max: 954 Points
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Floating Point
min: 1218     avg: 1252     median: 1259 (6%)     max: 1279 Points
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Integer
min: 706     avg: 709.3     median: 707 (9%)     max: 715 Points
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Total Score
min: 852     avg: 884.3     median: 894 (8%)     max: 907 Points
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Linpack Android / IOS - Multi Thread
min: 29.951     avg: 40     median: 34.5 (1%)     max: 61.851 MFLOPS
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Linpack Android / IOS - Single Thread
min: 29.221     avg: 32.7     median: 31 (3%)     max: 37.763 MFLOPS
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Sunspider - 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 1908     avg: 2847.5     median: 2195 (21%)     max: 8339 ms
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Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0
min: 1415     avg: 1792.6     median: 1911 (4%)     max: 2078 points
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AnTuTu v3 - CPU
2548 points (17%)
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Acer Iconia Tab A100 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 7")
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Acer Iconia Tab A200 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
» Review Acer Iconia Tab A200 Tablet/MID - Review
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Acer Iconia Tab A500 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
» Review Acer Iconia Tab A500 Tablet/MID - Review
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Acer Iconia Tab A501 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
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Advent Vega (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
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Archos 101 G9 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
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Archos 80 G9 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 8")
» Archos 80 G9 - External Review

Asus Eee Pad Slider SL101 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
» Review Asus Eee Pad Slider SL101 Tablet/MID - Review
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Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
» Review Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101 Tablet/MID - Review
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Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101G (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
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Dell Streak 7" (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 7")
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Hannspree Hannspad (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
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Lenovo IdeaPad K1 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
» Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Tablet Review - Review
» Lenovo IdeaPad K1 - External Review

Lenovo IdeaTab S2109 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 9.7")
» Lenovo IdeaTab S2109 - External Review

Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 18382DG (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
» Review Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 18382DG Tablet/MID - Review
» Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 18382DG - External Review

LG Optimus Pad V900 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 8.9")
» Review LG V900 Optimus Pad Tablet/MID - Review
» LG Optimus Pad V900 - External Review

Medion Lifetab P9514 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
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Medion Lifetab P9516 32GB+3G (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10")
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Motorola Xoom 3G (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
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Motorola Xoom WiFi/UMTS (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
» Review Motorola Xoom WiFi/UMTS Tablet/MID - Review
» Motorola Xoom WiFi/UMTS - External Review

Packard Bell Liberty Tab G100 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
» Packard Bell Liberty Tab G100 - External Review

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10" (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
» Samsung Galaxy Tab 10" - External Review

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
» Review Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v Tablet/MID - Review
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9" (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 8.9")
» Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9" - External Review

Sony S1 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 9.4")
» Sony S1 - External Review

Sony S1 SGP-T111DE/S (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 9.4")
» Review Sony S1 SGP-T111DE/S Tablet - Review

Sony Tablet P / S2 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 5.5")
» Review Sony Tablet P / S2 Tablet/MID - Review
» Sony S2 - External Review

T-Mobile G-Slate (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 8.9")
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Toshiba AC100 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
» Toshiba AC100 - External Review

Toshiba AC100-10K (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
» Review Toshiba AC100 MID/Netbook (Android) - Review
» Toshiba AC100-10K - External Review

Toshiba AC100-10U (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
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Toshiba AC100-10V (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
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Toshiba AC100-10W (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
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Toshiba AC100-10Z (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
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Toshiba AT100-100 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
» Review Toshiba AT100-100 Tablet/MID - Review
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Toshiba Folio 100 (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
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Toshiba Thrive 10" (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
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Toshiba Thrive 7" (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 7")
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Viewsonic gTablet (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
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Viewsonic ViewPad 10s (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 10.1")
» Review Viewsonic ViewPad 10s Tablet/MID - Review
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Viewsonic ViewPad 7x (NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2), 7")
» Viewsonic ViewPad 7x - External Review

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Other CPUs of the series NVIDIA Tegra

» NVIDIA Tegra X1
   2 GHz / 2.5 MB
» NVIDIA Tegra K1 (Denver)
   2.3 GHz / 2 MB
» NVIDIA Tegra K1
   2.3 GHz / 2 MB
» NVIDIA Tegra 4
   1.8 GHz / 0 MB
» NVIDIA Tegra 3
   1.2 GHz / 0 MB
» NVIDIA Tegra 2 (250)
   1 GHz / 1 MB

Surrounding CPUs

- Spreadtrum SC8830
   1.2 GHz / 0.5 MB
- Apple A5x
   1 GHz / 0 MB
- Intel Atom Z2420
   1.2 GHz / 0.5 MB
- Apple A5
   1 GHz / 0 MB
» NVIDIA Tegra 2 (250)
   1 GHz / 1 MB
+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210
   1.2 GHz / KB
+ Mediatek MT8317T
   1.2 GHz / KB
+ Mediatek MT6577
   1 GHz / KB
+ NovaThor U8500
   1 GHz / KB
+ NovaThor U8420
   1 GHz / KB
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