Like the entire prior generation of GPUs, GM204 is built on a 28-nm process. Nvidia did well to focus on energy efficiency with Maxwell, because foundries like TSMC, which makes Nvidia’s GPUs, have struggled to move to smaller process geometries. Here’s a look at the basic specs of the GM204 versus some notable contemporaries: Most of what you need to know about this chip boils down to those two things-and how they translate into real-world performance. Although the Maxwell architecture is bursting with intriguing little innovations, the GM204 is really about two big things: way more pixel throughput and vastly improved energy efficiency. The chip that powers these new GeForce cards is known as the GM204.
These cards move the needle on price, performance, and power efficiency like only a new generation of technology can do. However, no larger Maxwell-based chips were forthcoming.Īt long last, a larger Maxwell derivative is here, powering a pair of new graphics cards: the flagship GeForce GTX 980 and its more affordable sibling, the GTX 970. We could tell by testing that card’s GM107 GPU that Maxwell was substantially more power-efficient than the prior-gen Kepler architecture. Before that, this past spring, Nvidia unveiled its next-gen “Maxwell” graphics architecture on a single, small chip aboard the GeForce GTX 750 Ti. Then, two weeks ago, the Tonga GPU in the Radeon R9 285 surprised us with formidable new technology that’s still somewhat mysterious. Rather than freshening up their entire silicon lineups top-to-bottom like in the past, AMD and Nvidia have chosen to take smaller, incremental steps forward.īoth firms introduced larger chips based on existing GPU architectures last year. Many of the GeForce and Radeon graphics cards currently on the market are based on GPUs over two years old. 2014 has been a strange year for graphics chips.
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