NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Review Published in China – 25% Faster Than GTX 680, 5% Slower Than GTX Titan

The first review of NVIDIA’s upcoming GeForce GTX 780 is live on Expreview and we are looking at some great numbers from the 700 series flagship part. In addition to the usual review stuff which includes specification and benchmarks, Expreview also detailed a few models of the upcoming card which include the fastest clocked GTX 780 Herculez 3000 from Inno3D which runs at 1006 MHz core and upto 1046 MHz boost clock.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Reviewed - 25% Faster Than GTX 680

If you had been following us then you would know that the GeForce GTX 780 is based on a slightly cut down version of the GK110 core which was featured on the GeForce GTX Titan. The GTX 780 would be the flagship product of the 700 series and would be based on a cut down version of the GK110 core codenamed “GK110-300-A2″. This core would have 2304 cores and a 3 GB GDDR5 memory which would operate along a 384-bit memory interface. The core is maintained at 863 MHz with Turbo boost of 900 MHz while the memory operates at the reference 1502 MHz or 6 GHz effective clock speed. The GPU would be powered by an 8+6 Pin connectors which represent a 250W TDP while display connectors include Dual Link DVI, HDMI and a single display port. Following is the specification sheet for the GPUs tested:

Model	GeForce GTX Titan	GeForce GTX 780	GeForce GTX 680	AMD Radeon HD7970 GHz
Core	GK110-400	GK110-300	GK104-400	Tahiti XTX
Transistors	7.1 B	7.1 B	3.5 B	4.31 B
Die Size	28nm	28nm	28nm	28nm
Stream Processors	2668	2304	1536	2048
Core Clock	837 MHz	863 MHz	1006 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost Clock	876 MHz	902 MHz	1059 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory Clock	1502 MHz	1502 MHz	1502 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory Size	6 GB	3 GB	2 GB	3 GB
Memory Interface	384-bit GDDR5	384-bit GDDR5	256-bit GDDR5	384-bit GDDR5
MAX TDP	250W	250W	195W	250W
ROPs	48	48	32	32
TMUs	224	192	128	128
Bandwidth	288.4	288.4	192.26	288
Price	$559	$1000	$499	$499

You can check out the performance results below which are pretty good for a cut down GK110 GPU. The GPU scores 8524 Marks with reference clocks while the Inno3d GTX 780 iChill clocked at 1.18 GHz scores 9418 Marks in 3DMark Fire Strike which almost matches a single GeForce GTX Titan. As far as performance goes, the GTX 780 is on avrage 28.73% faster than GTX 680, 22.04% faster than HD 7970 GE, 5-8% slower than the Titan. You can check out the benchmarks below: