Curie (microarchitecture)
Release date | 2004 |
---|---|
Fabrication process | 130 nm, 110 nm, 90 nm, 80 nm |
API support | |
DirectX | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 2.1 |
History | |
Predecessor | Rankine |
Successor | Tesla |
Support status | |
Unsupported |
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Curie is the codename for a GPU microarchitecture developed by Nvidia, and released in 2004, as the successor to Rankine[1] microarchitecture. It was named with reference to the Polish physicist Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie and used with the GeForce 6 and 7 series. Curie was followed by Tesla.
Graphics features
[edit]- DirectX 9.0c (9_3)[2]
- OpenGL 2.1[3][4]
- Shader Model 3.0
- Nvidia PureVideo (first generation)
- Reintroduced support for Z compression[3]
- Hardware support for MSAA anti-aliasing algorithm (up to 4x)[5]
The lack of unified shaders makes DirectX 9.0c the last supported version of DirectX for GPUs based on this microarchitecture.[6]
GPU list
[edit]GeForce 6 (6xxx) series
[edit]Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Bus interface | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Core config1 | Fillrate | Memory | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOperations/s | MPixels/s | MTexels/s | MVertices/s | Size (MB) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Bus width (bit) | ||||||||
GeForce 6100 + nForce 410 | 20 October 2005 | MCP51 | TSMC 90 nm | HyperTransport | 425 | 100–200 (DDR)
200–533 (DDR2) |
2:1:2:1 | 850 | 425 | 850 | 106.25 | Up to 256 system RAM | 1.6–6.4 (DDR)
3.2–17.056 (DDR2) |
DDR
DDR2 |
64
128 |
GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430 | June 2006 | MCP61 | 200
400[citation needed] |
3.2
16.0[citation needed] |
DDR2 | ||||||||||
GeForce 6150 LE + nForce 430 | MCP61 | 100–200 (DDR)
200–533 (DDR2) |
1.6–6.4 (DDR)
3.2–17.056 (DDR2) |
DDR
DDR2 | |||||||||||
GeForce 6150 + nForce 430 | 20 October 2005 | MCP51 | 475 | 950 | 475 | 950 | 118.75 | 1.6–6.4 (DDR)
3.2–17.056 (DDR2) | |||||||
GeForce 6200 LE | 2005 | NV44 | TSMC 110 nm | AGP 8×
PCIe ×16 |
350 | 266 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 87.5 | 128
256 |
4.256 | DDR | 64 | |
GeForce 6200A | 4 April 2005 | NV44A | AGP 8× | 350 | 250
533 (DDR2) |
4:3:4:2 | 1400 | 700 | 1400 | 175
225 (DDR2) |
128
256 (DDR2) 512 (DDR2) |
4
13.3 (DDR2) |
DDR
DDR2 |
64 | |
GeForce 6200 | 12 October 2004 (PCIe)
17 January 2005 (AGP) |
NV43 | AGP 8×
PCI PCIe ×16 |
300 | 275 | 4:3:4:4 | 1200 | 1200 | 1200 | 225 | 128
256 |
8.8 | DDR2 | 128 | |
GeForce 6200 TurboCache | 15 December 2004 | NV44 | PCIe ×16 | 350 | 350 | 4:3:4:2 | 1400 | 700 | 1400 | 262.5 | 128–256 System RAM incl.16/32–64/128 onboard | 5.6 | DDR | 64 | |
GeForce 6500 | 1 October 2005 | 400 | 333 | 1600 | 800 | 1600 | 300 | 128
256 |
5.328 | ||||||
GeForce 6600 LE | 2005 | NV43 | AGP 8×
PCIe ×16 |
300 | 200 | 4:3:4:4 | 1200 | 1200 | 1200 | 225 | 6.4 | 128 | |||
GeForce 6600 | 12 August 2004 | 275
400 |
8:3:8:4 | 2400 | 2400 | 8.8
12.8 |
DDR
DDR2 | ||||||||
GeForce 6600 GT | 12 August 2004 (PCIe)
14 November 2004 (AGP) |
500 | 475 (AGP)
500 (PCIe) |
4000 | 2000 | 4000 | 375 | 15.2 (AGP)
16 (PCIe) |
GDDR3 | ||||||
GeForce 6800 LE | 22 July 2004 (AGP)
16 January 2005 (PCIe) |
NV40 (AGP)
NV41, NV42 (PCIe) |
IBM 130 nm | 320 (AGP)
325 (PCIe) |
350 | 8:4:8:8 | 2560 (AGP)
2600 (PCIe) |
2560 (AGP)
2600 (PCIe) |
2560 (AGP)
2600 (PCIe) |
320 (AGP)
325 (PCIe) |
128 | 22.4 | DDR | 256 | |
GeForce 6800 XT | 30 September 2005 | 300 (64 Bit)
325 |
266 (64 Bit)
350 500 (GDDR3) |
2400
2600 |
2400
2600 |
2400
2600 |
300
325 |
256 | 4.256
11.2 22.4 32 (GDDR3) |
DDR
DDR2 GDDR3 |
64
128 256 | ||||
GeForce 6800 | 14 April 2004 (AGP)
8 November 2004 (PCIe) |
325 | 350 | 12:5:12:12 | 3900 | 3900 | 3900 | 406.25 | 128
256 |
22.4 | DDR | 256 | |||
GeForce 6800 GTO | 14 April 2004 | NV45 | PCIe ×16 | 450 | 4200 | 4200 | 4200 | 437.5 | 256 | 28.8 | GDDR3 | ||||
GeForce 6800 GS | 7 November 2005 (PCIe)
8 December 2005 (AGP) |
NV42 (PCIe)
NV40 (AGP) |
TSMC 110 nm | AGP 8×
PCIe ×16 |
425 (PCIe)
350 (AGP) |
500 | 5100 | 5100 | 5100 | 531.25 | 128
256 |
32 | |||
GeForce 6800 GT | 4 May 2004 (AGP)
28 June 2004 (PCIe) |
NV40 (AGP)
NV45 (PCIe) |
IBM 130 nm | AGP 8×
PCIe ×16 |
350 | 16:6:16:16 | 5600 | 5600 | 5600 | 525 | |||||
GeForce 6800 Ultra | 4 May 2004 (AGP)
28 June 2004 (PCIe) 14 March 2005 (512 MB) |
400 | 525 (512 MB)
550 (256 MB) |
6400 | 6400 | 6400 | 600 | 256
512 |
33.6 (512 MB)
35.2 (256 MB) | ||||||
GeForce 6800 Ultra Extreme Edition | 4 May 2004 | NV40 | AGP 8× | 450 | 600 | 7200 | 7200 | 7200 | 675 | 256 | 35.2 | ||||
Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Bus interface | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Core config1 | Fillrate | Memory | ||||||
MOperations/s | MPixels/s | MTexels/s | MVertices/s | Size (MB) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Bus width (bit) |
Features
[edit]Model | Features | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
OpenEXR HDR | Scalable Link Interface (SLI) | TurboCache | PureVideo WMV9 Decoding | |
GeForce 6100 | No | No | No | Limited |
GeForce 6150 SE | No | No | Driver-Side Only | Limited |
GeForce 6150 | No | No | No | Yes |
GeForce 6150 LE | No | No | Driver-Side Only | Yes |
GeForce 6200 | No | No | Yes (PCIe only) | Yes |
GeForce 6500 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
GeForce 6600 LE | Yes | Yes (No SLI Connector) | No | Yes |
GeForce 6600 | Yes | Yes (SLI Connector or PCIe Interface) | No | Yes |
GeForce 6600 DDR2 | Yes | Yes (SLI Connector or PCIe Interface) | No | Yes |
GeForce 6600 GT | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
GeForce 6800 LE | Yes | No | No | No |
GeForce 6800 XT | Yes | Yes (PCIe only) | No | Yes (NV42 only) |
GeForce 6800 | Yes | Yes (PCIe only) | No | Yes (NV41, NV42 only) |
GeForce 6800 GTO | Yes | Yes | No | No |
GeForce 6800 GS | Yes | Yes (PCIe only) | No | Yes (NV42 only) |
GeForce 6800 GT | Yes | Yes (PCIe only) | No | No |
GeForce 6800 Ultra | Yes | Yes (PCIe only) | No | No |
GeForce 7 (7xxx) series
[edit]Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Bus interface | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Core config1 | Fillrate | Memory | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOperations/s | MPixels/s | MTexels/s | MVertices/s | Size (MB) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Bus width (bit) | ||||||||
GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a | July 2007 | MCP68S | TSMC 110 nm | HyperTransport | 425 | 200 (DDR)
400 (DDR2) 933 (DDR3) |
2:1:2:2 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 106.25 | Up to 256 system RAM | 6.4
12.8 34 |
DDR
DDR2 DDR3 |
64
128 |
GeForce 7050PV + nForce 630a | MCP67QV | ||||||||||||||
GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i/630i | MCP73 | TSMC 90 nm | HyperTransport/FSB | 500 | 333 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 125 | 5.336 | DDR2 | 64 | |||
GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i | MCP76 | FSB | 600 | 400 | 1200 | 1200 | 1200 | 150 | 6.4 | ||||||
GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i | 630 | 1260 | 1260 | 1260 | 157.5 | ||||||||||
GeForce 7100 GS | 8 August 2006 | NV44 | TSMC 110 nm | PCIe ×16 | 350 | 300 | 4:3:4:2 | 1400 | 700 | 1400 | 262.5 | 128
256 |
2.4
4.8 |
DDR
DDR2 |
32
64 |
GeForce 7200 GS | 18 January 2006 | G72 | TSMC 90 nm | 450 | 400 | 2:2:4:2 | 1800 | 900 | 1800 | 337.5 | 3.2
6.4 |
DDR2 | |||
GeForce 7300 SE | 22 March 2006 | 350 | 333 | 4:3:4:2 | 128 | 2.656
5.328 | |||||||||
GeForce 7300 LE | |||||||||||||||
GeForce 7300 GS | 18 January 2006 | 550 | 400 | 2200 | 1100 | 2200 | 412.5 | 128
256 |
6.4 | 64 | |||||
GeForce 7300 GT | 15 May 2006 | G73 | AGP 8×
PCIe ×16 |
350 | 325 (DDR2)
700 (GDDR3) |
8:5:8:4 | 2800 | 1400 | 2800 | 437.5 | 10.4
22.4 |
DDR2
GDDR3 |
128 | ||
GeForce 7500 LE | 2006 | G72 | PCIe ×16 | 263
324 |
275 | 4:3:4:2 | 900
1100 |
900
1100 |
2200 | 412.5 | 64
128 256 |
2.6
6.8 |
DDR2 | 32
64 | |
GeForce 7600 GS | 22 March 2006 (PCIe)
1 July 2006 (AGP) |
G73 | AGP 8×
PCIe ×16 |
400 | 400 (DDR2)
700 (GDDR3) |
12:5:12:8 | 4800 | 3200 | 4800 | 500 | 256 | 12.8
22.4 |
DDR2
GDDR3 |
128 | |
GeForce 7600 GT | 9 March 2006 (PCIe)
15 July 2006 (AGP) |
560 | 6720 | 4480 | 6720 | 700 | |||||||||
GeForce 7600 GT 80 nm | 8 January 2007 | G73-B1 | TSMC 80 nm | ||||||||||||
GeForce 7650 GS | 22 March 2006 | G73 | PCIe ×16 | 450 | 400 | 5400 | 3600 | 5400 | 562.5 | 12.7 | DDR2 | ||||
GeForce 7800 GS | 2 February 2006 | G70 | TSMC 110 nm | AGP 8× | 375 | 600 | 16:8:16:8 | 6000 | 3000 | 6000 | 750 | 38.4 | GDDR3 | 256 | |
GeForce 7800 GT | 11 August 2005 | PCIe ×16 | 400 | 500 | 20:7:20:16 | 8000 | 6400 | 8000 | 700 | 32 | |||||
GeForce 7800 GTX | 22 June 2005 (256 MB)
14 November 2005 (512 MB) |
430 (256 MB)
550 (512 MB) |
600 (256 MB)
850 (512 MB) |
24:8:24:16 | 10320 (256 MB)
13200 (512 MB) |
6880 (256 MB)
8800 (512 MB) |
10320 (256 MB)
13200 (512 MB) |
860 (256 MB)
1100 (512 MB) |
256
512 |
38.4 (256 MB)
54.4 (512 MB) | |||||
GeForce 7900 GS | May 2006 (PCIe)
2 April 2007 (AGP) |
G71 | TSMC 90 nm | AGP 8×
PCIe ×16 |
450 | 660 | 20:7:20:16 | 9000 | 7200 | 9000 | 787.5 | 256 | 42.24 | ||
GeForce 7900 GT | 9 March 2006 | PCIe ×16 | 24:8:24:16 | 10800 | 10800 | 900 | |||||||||
GeForce 7900 GTO | 1 October 2006 | 650 | 15600 | 10400 | 15600 | 1300 | 512 | ||||||||
GeForce 7900 GTX | 9 March 2006 | 800 | 51.2 | ||||||||||||
GeForce 7900 GX2 | 2× G71 | 500 | 600 | 2× 24:8:24:16 | 24000 | 16000 | 24000 | 2000 | 2× 512 | 2x 38.4 | |||||
GeForce 7950 GT | 6 September 2006 (PCIe)
2 April 2007 (AGP) |
G71 | AGP 8×
PCIe ×16 |
550 | 700 | 24:8:24:16 | 13200 | 8800 | 13200 | 1100 | 512 | 44.8 | |||
GeForce 7950 GX2 | 5 June 2006 | 2× G71 | PCIe ×16 | 500 | 600 | 2× 24:8:24:16 | 24000 | 16000 | 24000 | 2000 | 2× 512 | 2x 38.4 | |||
Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Bus interface | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Core config1 | Fillrate | Memory | ||||||
MOperations/s | MPixels/s | MTexels/s | MVertices/s | Size (MB) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Bus width (bit) |
Features
[edit]Model | Features | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gamma-correct antialiasing | 64-bit OpenEXR HDR | Scalable Link Interface (SLI) | TurboCache | Dual Link DVI | |
GeForce 7100 GS | No | No | Yes (PCIe only, No SLI bridge) | Yes | No |
GeForce 7200 GS | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
GeForce 7300 SE | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
GeForce 7300 LE | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
GeForce 7300 GS | Yes | Yes | Yes (PCIe only) | Yes | No |
GeForce 7300 GT | Yes | Yes | Yes (PCIe only, No SLI bridge) | No | One port |
GeForce 7600 GS | Yes | Yes | Yes (PCIe only) | No | One port |
GeForce 7600 GT | Yes | Yes | Yes (PCIe only) | No | One port |
GeForce 7600 GT (80 nm) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | One port |
GeForce 7650 GS (80 nm) | Yes | Yes | Yes (Depending on OEM Design) | No | One port |
GeForce 7800 GS | Yes | Yes | No | No | One port |
GeForce 7800 GT | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | One port |
GeForce 7800 GTX | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | One port |
GeForce 7800 GTX 512 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | One port |
GeForce 7900 GS | Yes | Yes | Yes (PCIe only) | No | Two ports |
GeForce 7900 GT | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Two ports |
GeForce 7900 GTO | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Two ports |
GeForce 7900 GTX | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Two ports |
GeForce 7900 GX2 (GTX Duo) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Two ports |
GeForce 7950 GT | Yes | Yes | Yes (PCIe only) | No | Two ports |
GeForce 7950 GX2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Two ports |
See also
[edit]- List of eponyms of Nvidia GPU microarchitectures
- List of Nvidia graphics processing units
- Nvidia PureVideo
- Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
- Qualcomm Adreno
References
[edit]- ^ "CodeNames". nouveau.freedesktop.org. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "NVIDIA C61 GPU Specs". TechPowerUp. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ a b "GPU chips — envytools git documentation". envytools.readthedocs.io. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "NVIDIA C51 GPU Specs". TechPowerUp. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Anti-Aliasing - Preview : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra - HardWare.fr". www.hardware.fr. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ NVIDIA introduced unified shader model in Tesla GPU microarchitecture.