NVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU vs Qualcomm Adreno 640
NVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU
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The NVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU is an integrated graphics card in the NVIDIA Tegra X1 SoC for (mostly Android based) tablets. It is the successor of the Tegra K1 GPU and based on the Maxwell architecture. It offers the same features as the laptop and desktop Maxwell based products like OpenGL 4.5, CUDA 6.0, OpenGL ES 3.1 and DirectX 11.2. The GPU offers 256 shader cores (2 SMMs) and clocks at up to 1000 MHz. The memory interface offers a maximum bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s (2x 32 Bit LPDDR4-3200).
First benchmarks of the Tegra X1 graphics card using GLBench show twice as high scores as the PowerVR GXA6850 in the Apple A8X. Therefore, the X1 should be the fastest GPU for Android based devices that should not struggle with high end Android games in high resolutions.
The improved video part of the SoC is able to en- and decode 4K videos in H.265 according to Nvidia (decoding at 60fps, encoding at 30fps). Thanks to HDMI 2.0 support, the 4K60 material can be transmitted to external displays (2 displays in parallel at max). The integrated dual ISP is able to drive up to 6 cameras (max. 100 MP, 4096 focus points) at once.
The power consumption of the whole SoC should be rather big compared to other ARM based SoCs. Therefore, Tegra X1 based smartphones are unlikely. As the Tegra K1, the X1 will be most likely seen in tablets with good cooling solutions. Similar to the Apple A8X, the Tegra X1 is manufactured in 20nm.
Qualcomm Adreno 640
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The Qualcomm Adreno 640 is a smartphone and tablet GPU that is integrated within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC. The chip will be available from early 2019 and will be used mainly in high-end Android devices.
According to Qualcomm, the Adreno 640 GPU offers a 20% improved performance over the Adreno 630, its predecessor, which is integrated in the Snapdragon 845 SoC. The enhanced performance is achieved by the Adreno 640 having 50% more FP16 and FP32 compute units (ALUs) than the Adreno 630, while its 7 nm FinFET manufacturing process makes it 20% more efficient too.
The Adreno 640 will also support the Vulkan 1.1 API, something which is possible for other Adreno 600 series GPUs too.
| NVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 640 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | Erista | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Maxwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 256 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 1000 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 3200 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | yes | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 11.2, OpenGL 4.5 | DirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 20 nm | 10 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | CUDA 6.0, OpenGL ES 3.1, AEP | OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 05.01.2015 | 12.02.2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Benchmarks
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + NVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU → 100% n=11
Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 640 → 179% n=11
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
World of Tanks Blitz
2018
Arena of Valor
2018
Battle Bay
2018
Asphalt 9: Legends
2013
Temple Run 2
2013
| NVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 640 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |||
| Armajet | 30 | |||||||||||||
| PUBG Mobile | 43 | |||||||||||||
| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 | |||||||||||||
| Arena of Valor | 60 | 57 | ||||||||||||
| Shadow Fight 3 | 60 | 60 | ||||||||||||
| Battle Bay | 60 | |||||||||||||
| Dead Trigger 2 | 90 | |||||||||||||
| Asphalt 9: Legends | 36 | 33 | ||||||||||||
| Temple Run 2 | 120 | |||||||||||||
| Subway Surfers | 90 | |||||||||||||
| NVIDIA Tegra X1 Maxwell GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 640 | |||||||||||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | | | | | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 2 | | 3 5 1 | 1 | | |
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