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Architecture

Curie (2003−2013)

G8x (2007−2008)

GPU code name

NV41

NB8P-GS

Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

November 2004

October 2007

Interface

PCIe 1.0 x16

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Supplementary power connectors

None

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Core clock speed

325 MHz

475 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

130 nm

80 nm

Number of transistors

190 million

598 Million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

-

64

Power consumption (TDP)

-

20 Watt

Texture fill rate

3.900

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Memory type

DDR

GDDR3, GDDR2

Maximum RAM amount

256 MB

1 GB

Memory bus width

256 Bit

128 Bit

Memory clock speed

600 MBps

700 MHz

Memory bandwidth

19.2 GB/s

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Shared memory

-

-

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

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DirectX

9.0c (9_3)

10

OpenCL

N/A

-

OpenGL

2.0 (full) Shader Model

3.0-

Vulkan

N/A

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