NVIDIA GM204

GM204

GM204-200-A1

GM204-400-A1

N16E-GS-KAB-A1

N16E-GX-A1

N16E-GXX-A1

GM204 BGA

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Die Shot

Block Diagram

SMM Diagram

NVIDIA's GM204 GPU uses the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is made using a 28 nm production process at TSMC. With a die size of 398 mm² and a transistor count of 5,200 million it is a large chip. GM204 supports DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_1). For GPU compute applications, OpenCL version 3.0 and CUDA 5.2 can be used. It features 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units and 64 ROPs.

Further reading: GM204 Architecture Whitepaper

Graphics Processor

Released: Sep 19th, 2014

GPU Name: GM204

Codename: NV124

Architecture: Maxwell 2.0

Foundry: TSMC

Process Size: 28 nm

Transistors: 5,200 million

Density: 13.1M / mm²

Die Size: 398 mm²

Package: BGA-1745

Graphics Features

DirectX: 12 (12_1)

OpenGL: 4.6

OpenCL: 3.0

Vulkan: 1.3

CUDA: 5.2

Shader Model: 6.7 (6.4)

WDDM: 3.1

NVENC: 5th Gen

NVDEC: 1st Gen

PureVideo HD: VP6

VDPAU: Feature Set E

Render Config

Shading Units: 2048

TMUs: 128

ROPs: 64

SMM Count: 16

GPCs: 4

L1 Cache: 48 KB per SMM

L2 Cache: 2048 KB

Max. TDP: 300 W

SFUs: 512

All Maxwell 2.0 GPUs

NVIDIA GPU Architecture History

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 GM204 GPU

Name	Chip	Memory	Shaders	TMUs	ROPs	Base Clock	Boost Clock	Memory Clock
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	GM204-200-A1	4 GB	1664	104	56	1050 MHz	1178 MHz	1753 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980	GM204-400-A1	4 GB	2048	128	64	1127 MHz	1216 MHz	1753 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M	N16E-GX-A1	8 GB	1536	96	64	1038 MHz	1127 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M	N16E-GT-A2	3 GB	1280	80	48	924 MHz	1038 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M	N16E-GS-KAB-A1	2 GB	1024	64	32	924 MHz	950 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M	N16E-GX-A1	8 GB	1536	96	64	1038 MHz	1127 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro M5000	GM204-875-A1	8 GB	2048	128	64	861 MHz	1038 MHz	1653 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro M4000	GM204-850-A1	8 GB	1664	104	64	773 MHz		1502 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro M3000M	N16E-Q1-A1	4 GB	1024	64	32	823 MHz	924 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA Tesla M60		8 GB	2048	128	64	557 MHz	1178 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile	N16E-GXX-A1	8 GB	2048	128	64	1064 MHz	1140 MHz	1753 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX	N16E-GXX-A1	8 GB	1664	104	64	1050 MHz	1178 MHz	1500 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M 4 GB		4 GB	1024	64	32	935 MHz	1150 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA Tesla M6 Mobile	GM204-995-A1	8 GB	1536	96	64	930 MHz	1180 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro M4000M	N16E-Q3-A1	4 GB	1280	80	64	975 MHz	1013 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro M5000M	N16E-Q5-A1	8 GB	1536	96	64	962 MHz	1051 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro M5500 Mobile		8 GB	2048	128	64	1140 MHz	1165 MHz	1753 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M		2 GB	1024	64	32	924 MHz	950 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M	N16E-GT-A2	6 GB	1280	80	48	924 MHz	1038 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro M3000 SE		4 GB	1024	64	32	823 MHz	924 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	GTX 960 OEM	3 GB	1280	80	48	924 MHz	1038 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q	GM204-995-A1	8 GB	1536	96	64	722 MHz		1253 MHz
NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q		1024 MB	2048	128	64	557 MHz	1178 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA GRID M60-2Q		2 GB	2048	128	64	557 MHz	1178 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q		8 GB	2048	128	64	557 MHz	1178 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA GRID M60-4A		4 GB	2048	128	64	557 MHz	1178 MHz	1253 MHz
NVIDIA Tesla M6 X2 Mobile	GM204-995-A1	8 GB	1536	96	64	930 MHz	1180 MHz	1253 MHz