GeForce GTX 780 [in 7 benchmarks]
NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 780
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- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 863
- Max video memory 3072 MB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 6008 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 780 sales 23 May 2013 at a recommended price of $649. This is a Kepler architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 3 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 6.01 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 288.4 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 10.5″ (26.7 cm). One 8-pin and one 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 250 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at
20.47%
of a leader’s which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
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4090
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General info
Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 780: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance rating | 197 | |
Value for money | 18.87 | |
Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | |
GPU code name | GK110 | |
Market segment | Desktop | |
Release date | 23 May 2013 (9 years old) |
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Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | |
Current price | $144 (0.![]() |
of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Value for money
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Technical specs
GeForce GTX 780’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 780’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2304 | of 18432 (AD102) |
CUDA cores | 2304 | |
Core clock speed | 863 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
Number of transistors | 7,080 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
Thermal design power (TDP) | 250 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Maximum GPU temperature | 95 °C | |
Texture fill rate | 160.![]() |
of 969.9 (h200 SXM5 96 GB) |
Floating-point performance | 4,156 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on GeForce GTX 780’s 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).
Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
Length | 10.5″ (26.7 cm) | |
Height | 4.376″ (11.1 cm) | |
Width | 2-slot | |
Minimum recommended system power | 600 Watt | |
Supplementary power connectors | One 8-pin and one 6-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 780: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | GDDR5 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory bus width | 384 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 6008 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
Memory bandwidth | 288.4 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 780. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort | |
Multi monitor support | 4 displays | |
HDMI | + | |
HDCP | + | |
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048×1536 | |
Audio input for HDMI | Internal |
Technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 780. You’ll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
Blu Ray 3D | + | |
3D Gaming | + | |
3D Vision | + | |
PhysX | + | |
3D Vision Live | + |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce GTX 780, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 12 (11_0) | |
Shader Model | 5.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.3 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
OpenCL | 1.2 | |
Vulkan | 1.1.126 | |
CUDA | + |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 780. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
GTX 780
20.47
- Passmark
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
- GeekBench 5 OpenCL
- GeekBench 5 Vulkan
- GeekBench 5 CUDA
- Octane Render OctaneBench
- Unigine Heaven 4.
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Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
GTX 780
8026
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920×1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 13%
GTX 780
10460
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU’s processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 9%
GTX 780
15515
GeekBench 5 Vulkan
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU’s processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
GTX 780
21079
GeekBench 5 CUDA
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU’s processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
GTX 780
18049
Octane Render OctaneBench
This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc. , available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.
Benchmark coverage: 4%
GTX 780
84
Unigine Heaven 4.0
This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark, a newer version of Unigine 3.0 with relatively small differences. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. The benchmark is still sometimes used, despite its significant age, as it was released back in 2013.
Benchmark coverage: 1%
GTX 780
1558
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 780. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) | 252 Mh/s | |
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) | 18.![]() |
Is GeForce GTX 780 good for gaming?
Let’s see how good GeForce GTX 780 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Average FPS
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:
Full HD | 54 |
Relative perfomance
Overall GeForce GTX 780 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN
102
AMD Radeon RX 470
100.88
AMD Radeon R9 290
100.83
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
100
AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
98. 58
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
97.61
AMD Radeon RX 580X
97.17
GeForce GTX 780 AMD equivalent
The nearest GeForce GTX 780’s AMD equivalent is Radeon R9 290, which is faster by 1% and higher by 1 position in our performance rating.
Radeon R9
290
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Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 780:
AMD Radeon R9 Nano
105.72
AMD Radeon RX 470
100.88
AMD Radeon R9 290
100.83
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
100
AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
98. 58
AMD Radeon RX 580X
97.17
AMD Radeon R9 290X
92.53
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce GTX 780 according to our statistics.
Core i5
3470
3%
Core i7
3770
2.6%
Core i3
10100F
2.2%
Core i7
4770K
1.8%
Core i5
3570K
1.8%
FX
8350
1.8%
Core i7
4770
1.7%
Ryzen 5
2600
1. 7%
Core i5
2400
1.5%
Core i5
10400F
1.4%
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Review
The GeForce GTX 680 was Nvidia’s first 28nm part featuring 1536 CUDA cores, 128 texture units and 32 ROP units. It’s remained since release Nvidia’s fastest single GPU graphics card of the series, second only to the dual-GPU GTX 690 which features a pair of GK104 GPUs.
And so for the last 12+ months the GTX 680 and the Radeon HD 7970 have been battling over the performance crown, forcing numerous price cuts and even a little overclocking from AMD to produce the 7970 GHz Edition. In the end AMD was able to undercut Nvidia on price, producing what we believe to be the better solution.
Most recently however Nvidia showed what they could really do with the GK104 architecture by beefing it up with more CUDA cores, texture units and ROPs creating the GK110. The GeForce GTX Titan is a monster that belongs to an entirely different league, crushing the GeForce GTX 680 as well as the Radeon HD 7970 GHz each and every way possible. Real-world gaming tests saw the GTX Titan outpace the GTX 680 by a 42% margin and the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition by a 30% margin. In the past we’ve seen performance jumps of 20 to 25% from one generation to the next, so these numbers are indeed something special.
But of course, with a $1,000 price tag it’s comparing apples and oranges. If anything, the Titan did show how much more complex and powerful Nvidia could make the current generation 28nm GPU without putting the TDP rating through the roof. It also meant that Nvidia could move to the next generation mainstream GPUs without having to completely redesign their architecture for the GeForce 700 series and that is exactly what they have done.
The new GeForce GTX 780 is based on a similar, albeit slightly cut down version of the Titan GPU, managing to keep many of the features that make the $1,000 graphics card great, such as the 384-bit memory bus.
The GeForce GTX 780 reference board measures 10.5″ (26.7cm) length. Display outputs include two dual-link DVIs, one HDMI and one DisplayPort connector. With 2304 CUDA cores at its disposal, the GeForce GTX 780 features 50% more CUDA cores than the GeForce GTX 680. The GTX 780 also gets a 3GB memory buffer standard which is 50% more than the GTX 680.
Helping to take advantage of the extra memory are six 64-bit memory controllers for a 384-bit wide memory bus. Paired with a 6008Mhz GDDR5 memory clock, it provides up to 288.4GB/sec of peak memory bandwidth to the GPU.
Those specs mean that those still rocking a GeForce GTX 580 should be looking at around a 70% performance improvement when upgrading to the GTX 780. It’s not just GTX 580 owners that can expect a decent performance upgrade as owners of last year’s GTX 680 will still receive around 30 — 40% more performance, at least on paper.
The 12 SMX units providing 2304 CUDA cores are clocked at 863MHz though using Boost 2.0 they can be clocked up to 900MHz in certain scenarios. The second generation GPU Boost technology works in the background, dynamically adjusting the GPU’s graphics clock speed based on operating conditions.
Originally GPU Boost was designed to push the GPU to the highest possible clock speed while remaining within a predefined power envelope. However Nvidia’s engineers found that the GPU temperature usually limits performance first. Therefore with Boost 2.0 they have changed the way the technology works boosting clock speeds according to the GPU temperature rather than power target. The new target in question for the GTX 780 is 80 degrees Celsius.
In other words, the GTX 780 will automatically boost to the highest clock frequency it can achieve as long as the GPU temperature remains at 80C. Boost 2.0 constantly monitors GPU temperature, adjusting the GPU’s clock and its voltage on-the-fly to maintain this temperature.
Nvidia has borrowed the design of the GTX Titan for the GTX 780 which is great news as the Titan not only looked imposing but it was also whisper quiet. Many other recent high-end GPUs like the GTX 780 make use of vapor chamber cooling, which consists of a copper vapor chamber that extracts heat from the processor using an evaporation process similar to a heatpipe, but more powerful. Helping to improve efficiency here is a new thermal material designed by a company called Shin-Etsu, which is said to provide twice the performance of the grease used on the GTX 680.
Additionally, Nvidia has included an extra heatsink behind the 80mm blower-style fan that increases the cooling area. There is also an aluminum baseplate, which provides additional cooling for the PCB and board components. The guts of the cooling operation are covered in a case that encloses the top of the card.
Given the high-end nature of this board, Nvidia engineers decided to use an aluminum casing for the cover. At its center is a clear polycarbonate window, allowing you to see the vapor chamber and dual-slot heatsink used to cool the GPU.
Another nice touch in our opinion: the side of the card features a large GeForce GTX logo that glows green when the system is turned on. We think this looks cool, but if it’s not for you, the LED intensity can be adjusted in software.
Beside the logo towards the end of the card is a pair of PCI Express power connectors. The configuration is the same as the GTX Titan meaning you will find a single 8-pin along with a 6-pin connector. The GTX 780 has been given a TDP rating of 250 watts, which is 28% greater than the GTX 680, so Nvidia recommends using a 600W power supply. The board features a 6+2 power phase design that Nvidia says feeds enough power even when overclocking. Six phases are dedicated to the GPU while two are for the GDDR5 memory.
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GeForce GTX 780 [in 7 benchmarks]
NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 780
- PCIe 3.0 x16 interface
- Core frequency 863
- Video memory size 3072 MB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory frequency 6008 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Description
NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 780 sales on May 23, 2013 at a suggested price of $649. This is a desktop video card based on the Kepler architecture and 28 nm manufacturing process, primarily aimed at gamers. It has 3 GB of GDDR5 memory at 6.01 GHz, and coupled with a 384-bit interface, this creates a bandwidth of 288.4 GB / s. nine0113
In terms of compatibility, this is a two-slot PCIe 3.0 x16 card. The length of the reference version is 26.7 cm. An additional 1x 8-pin and 1x 6-pin power cable is required for connection, and the power consumption is 250 W.
It provides poor performance in tests and games at the level of
20. 47%
from the leader, which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
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General information
Information about the type (desktop or laptop) and architecture of the GeForce GTX 780, as well as when sales started and cost at that time.
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Value for money |
Number of stream processors | 2304 | of 18432 (AD102) | 600 W.![]() Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 780 — type, size, bus, frequency and bandwidth. For video cards built into the processor that do not have their own memory, a shared part of the RAM is used.
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