GM206 and GM204 - video card comparison

GM206

GM204

Architecture

Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)

Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)

GPU code name

GM206

GM204

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

-

-

Manufacturing process technology

28 nm

28 nm

Number of transistors

2,940 million

5,200 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

1024

2048

DirectX

12 (12_1)

12 (12_1)

CUDA

5.2

5.2

OpenCL

3.0

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

4.6

Shader Model

6.7

6.7 (6.4)

Vulkan

1.3

1.3

NVENC

5th Gen

5th Gen

PureVideo HD

VP7

VP6