NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Benchmark and Specs

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

Released in 2013, the GeForce GTX 780 is a GPU from NVIDIA. According to our GPU Benchmark, this GPU is an average card for gaming with a score of 1799 points.

The GeForce GTX 780 has 6 GiB of GDDR5 memory, with a total memory bandwidth of 281 GB/s. The memory bus has a width of 384 bits. More memory is beneficial when gaming at high resolutions as the memory needs to store the frame buffer and all the game textures. If you run out of memory, you will experience poor performance as the GPU needs to swap data in and out of the memory as it is used.

In terms of clock speed, the GeForce GTX 780 GPU core runs at a frequency of 863 MHz and if power and temperature permits, it can boost up to 902 MHz. The core clock is directly related to the performance of a GPU, the higher the clock, the more processing can be done per second. A higher clock does not guarantee better performance by itself, this also depends on the number of shading units and other elements of the pipeline.

As for rendering API support, the GeForce GTX 780 supports up to DirectX 11. In addition, in cross-platform titles, OpenGL 4.5 features are supported. Newer APIs are usually more efficient, allowing for better performance in games and better graphical effects.

This chip has a Thermal Design Power of 250W: the total amount of waste heat generated. A card that runs hotter will need better cooling and will draw more power from the wall.

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