NVIDIA CMP 170HX 10 GB vs NVIDIA CMP 90HX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA CMP 170HX 10 GB and NVIDIA CMP 90HX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA CMP 170HX 10 GB

NVIDIA CMP 90HX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 170HX 10 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 394.8 GTexel/s vs 342.0 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 320 Watt
Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Launch date	1 Sep 2021 vs 28 Jul 2021
Texture fill rate	394.8 GTexel/s vs 342.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 320 Watt
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 90HX

Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 43% higher pipelines: 6400 vs 4480

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Pipelines	6400 vs 4480

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA CMP 170HX 10 GB	NVIDIA CMP 90HX
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA102
Launch date	1 Sep 2021	28 Jul 2021
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	4480	6400
Pixel fill rate	180.5 GPixel/s	136.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	394.8 GTexel/s	342.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Length		285 mm, 11.2 inches
Width		112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	10 GB	10 GB
Memory bandwidth	1,555 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit	320 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6X