Xenos vs GeForce GTX 780 6 GB

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GK110B	Xenos
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	10 September 2013 (10 years ago)	no data
Current price	$1790	$25

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	240
Core clock speed	863 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	902 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,080 million	232 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	173.2	no data
Floating-point performance	4,156 gflops	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	no data

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 type	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	no data
Memory bus width	384 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB/s	no data

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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	N/A
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.1.126	no data
CUDA	3.5	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

28 nm

90 nm

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