NVIDIA C79

C79

MCP79MX-B2

C79 BGA

TPC Diagram

NVIDIA's C79 GPU uses the Tesla architecture and is made using a 65 nm production process. With a die size of 144 mm² and a transistor count of 314 million it is a small chip. C79 supports DirectX 11.1 (Feature Level 10_0). For GPU compute applications, OpenCL version N/A can be used. It features 16 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 4 ROPs.

Further reading: Tesla Architecture Whitepaper

Graphics Processor

Released: Apr 17th, 2007

GPU Name: C79

Codename: NVAC

Architecture: Tesla

Process Size: 65 nm

Transistors: 314 million

Density: 2.2M / mm²

Die Size: 144 mm²

Package: BGA-1441

Graphics Features

DirectX: 11.1 (10_0)

OpenGL: 3.3

OpenCL: N/A

Vulkan: N/A

Shader Model: 4.0

WDDM: 1.2

PureVideo HD: VP3

VDPAU: Feature Set B

Render Config

Shading Units: 16

TMUs: 8

ROPs: 4

SM Count: 2

SFUs: 4

TPCs: 1

Tex L1 Cache: 16 KB per TPC

Max. TDP: 40 W

All Tesla GPUs

NVIDIA GPU Architecture History

2024 Blackwell
2023 Hopper
2022-2024 Ada Lovelace
2020-2024 Ampere
2018-2022 Turing
2017-2020 Volta
2016-2021 Pascal
2014-2019 Maxwell 2.0
2014-2017 Maxwell
2013-2015 Kepler 2.0
2012-2018 Kepler
2010-2016 Fermi 2.0
2010-2013 VLIW Vec4
2010-2016 Fermi
2007-2013 Tesla 2.0
2006-2010 Tesla
2003-2013 Curie
2003-2005 Rankine
2001-2003 Kelvin
1999-2005 Celsius
1998-2000 Fahrenheit

Graphics cards using the NVIDIA C79 GPU

Name	Chip	Memory	Shaders	TMUs	ROPs	GPU Clock	Memory Clock
NVIDIA GeForce G102M	MCP79MX	System Shared	16	8	4	450 MHz	System Shared
NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU Intel	MCP79MX-B2	System Shared	8	8	4	450 MHz	System Shared
NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G mGPU Intel	MCP79MVL-B1	System Shared	16	8	4	400 MHz	System Shared
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G	MCP79MXT-B3	System Shared	16	8	4	450 MHz	System Shared
NVIDIA GeForce 9200M	MCP79MX	System Shared	16	8	4	450 MHz	System Shared
NVIDIA GeForce 9400		System Shared	16	8	4	450 MHz	System Shared
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M	MCP79MX	System Shared	16	8	4	580 MHz	System Shared
NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i	GF-9300-730I-B2	System Shared	16	8	4	450 MHz	System Shared
NVIDIA Quadro FX 470		System Shared	16	8	4	580 MHz	System Shared
NVIDIA ION		System Shared	16	8	4	450 MHz	System Shared
NVIDIA GeForce 9400		System Shared	16	8	4	450 MHz	System Shared
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M	MCP79MX	System Shared	16	8	4	450 MHz	System Shared
NVIDIA GeForce G205M	MCP79MX	System Shared	16	8	4	450 MHz	System Shared
NVIDIA GeForce 9200		System Shared	16	8	4	450 MHz	System Shared

C79 GPU Notes

Chip Variant: G96
PureVideo HD: VP3
VDPAU: Feature Set B

Memory Interface:
DDR2-800
DDR3-1066

Maximum Anti-Aliasing (AA) Sample Rate: 16x

RAMDACs: 300 MHz

Maximum High-Dynamic Range (HDR) Precision: 128-bit

Maximum Analog Resolution: 2048 x 1536
Maximum Digital Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Full HD decode (1080i/p):
Yes, 3rd Generation PureVideo

Display Options:
HDMI
Dual-link DVI
DisplayPort
VGA

HDMI Version: 1.3

PCI-Express 2.0: 20 lanes (1×16 and 4×1)

SATA Drives: 6
SATA Speed: 3 Gbit/s
RAID: 0, 1

Networking: 10/100/1000 BASE-T
USB Ports: 12/2C
PCI Slots: 5
Audio: HDA (Azalia)

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