GeForce GTX 780 and GeForce GTX 490 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 780
GeForce GTX 490
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GK110
GF100
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2013
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Minimum recommended system power
600 Watt
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Supplementary power connectors
One 8-pin and one 6-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
900 MHz
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Core clock speed
863 MHz
608 MHz
CUDA cores
2304
-
Floating-point performance
4,156 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
7,080 million
3,100 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
480
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
365 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
95 °C
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Texture fill rate
160.5 billion/sec
36.48
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
6008 MHz
3.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
288.4 GB/s
164.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
2.0
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.3
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
3D Gaming
+
-
3D Vision
+
-
3D Vision Live
+
-
Blu Ray 3D
+
-
PhysX
+
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