NVIDIA CMP 170HX 8 GB vs NVIDIA CMP 70HX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA CMP 170HX 8 GB and NVIDIA CMP 70HX 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 8 GB

NVIDIA CMP 70HX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 170HX 8 GB

Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 394.8 GTexel/s vs 267.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 1458 MHz, 2.9 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Boost clock speed	1410 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Texture fill rate	394.8 GTexel/s vs 267.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	1458 MHz, 2.9 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 70HX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Around 37% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 4480

Launch date	2021 vs 1 Sep 2021
Core clock speed	1365 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Pipelines	6144 vs 4480

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA CMP 170HX 8 GB	NVIDIA CMP 70HX
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA104
Launch date	1 Sep 2021	2021
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	1395 MHz
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	4480	6144
Pixel fill rate	180.5 GPixel/s	133.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	394.8 GTexel/s	267.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	17400 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	200 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Length		267 mm, 10.5 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	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	1,493 GB/s	608.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	4096 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1458 MHz, 2.9 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6X