NVIDIA GK104

GK104

GK104-850-A2

GK104 BGA

Oleg Kashirin

Die Shot

Block Diagram

SMX Diagram

NVIDIA's GK104 GPU uses the Kepler architecture and is made using a 28 nm production process at TSMC. With a die size of 294 mm² and a transistor count of 3,540 million it is a medium-sized chip. GK104 supports DirectX 12 (Feature Level 11_0). For GPU compute applications, OpenCL version 3.0 and CUDA 3.0 can be used. It features 1536 shading units, 128 texture mapping units and 32 ROPs.

Further reading: GK104 Architecture Whitepaper

Graphics Processor

Released: Mar 22nd, 2012

GPU Name: GK104

Codename: NVE4

Architecture: Kepler

Foundry: TSMC

Process Size: 28 nm

Transistors: 3,540 million

Density: 12.0M / mm²

Die Size: 294 mm²

Package: BGA-1745

Graphics Features

DirectX: 12 (11_0)

OpenGL: 4.6

OpenCL: 3.0

Vulkan: 1.2.175

CUDA: 3.0

Shader Model: 6.5 (5.1)

WDDM: 3.0

NVENC: 1st Gen

NVDEC: 1st Gen

PureVideo HD: VP5

VDPAU: Feature Set D

Render Config

Shading Units: 1536

TMUs: 128

ROPs: 32

SMX Count: 8

SFUs: 256

GPCs: 4

Tex L1 Cache: 48 KB per SMX

L1 Cache: 16 KB per SMX

L2 Cache: 512 KB

Max. TDP: 300 W

All Kepler 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 GK104 GPU

Name	Chip	Memory	Shaders	TMUs	ROPs	Base Clock	Boost Clock	Memory Clock
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	GK104-400-A2	2 GB	1536	128	32	1006 MHz	1058 MHz	1502 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M	N13E-GTX-A2	4 GB	1344	112	32	719 MHz	758 MHz	900 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690	GK104-355-A2	2 GB	1536	128	32	915 MHz	1019 MHz	1502 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670	GK104-325-A2	2 GB	1344	112	32	915 MHz	980 MHz	1502 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti	GK104-300-KD-A2	2 GB	1344	112	24	915 MHz	980 MHz	1502 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro K5000		4 GB	1536	128	32	706 MHz		1350 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM	GK104-200-KD-A2	1536 MB	1152	96	24	823 MHz	888 MHz	1400 MHz
NVIDIA Tesla K10		4 GB	1536	128	32	745 MHz		1250 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro K5000 Mac Edition		4 GB	1536	128	32	706 MHz		1350 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro K5000M	N14E-Q5-A2	4 GB	1344	112	32	601 MHz	601 MHz	750 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX	N13E-GR-A2	3 GB	960	80	24	601 MHz	601 MHz	700 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX	N13E-GSR-A2	2 GB	960	80	32	654 MHz		900 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro K4000M	N14E-Q3-A2	4 GB	960	80	32	601 MHz	601 MHz	700 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro K3000M	N14E-Q1-A2	2 GB	576	48	32	654 MHz	654 MHz	700 MHz
NVIDIA GRID K2	GK104-895-A2	4 GB	1536	128	32	745 MHz		1250 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770	GK104-425-A2	2 GB	1536	128	32	1046 MHz	1085 MHz	1753 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760	GK104-225-A2	2 GB	1152	96	32	980 MHz	1032 MHz	1502 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OEM	GK104-200-KD-A2	2 GB	1152	96	32	823 MHz	888 MHz	1400 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M	N14E-GTX-A2	4 GB	1536	128	32	771 MHz	797 MHz	1250 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition	N13E-GTX2-A2	2 GB	1536	128	32	719 MHz	719 MHz	1250 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition	N13E-GSR-A2	1024 MB	1344	112	32	719 MHz	719 MHz	1250 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro 4100		2 GB	1344	112	32	797 MHz		891 MHz
NVIDIA GRID K520		4 GB	1536	128	32	745 MHz		1250 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition	GK104-400-A2	2 GB	1536	128	32	1006 MHz	1058 MHz	1502 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition	N13E-GTX-A2	2 GB	1344	112	32	797 MHz	797 MHz	1250 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro K5100M	N15E-Q5-A2	8 GB	1536	128	32	771 MHz	771 MHz	900 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro K4100M	N15E-Q3-A2	4 GB	1152	96	32	706 MHz	706 MHz	800 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro K3100M	N15E-Q1-A2	4 GB	768	64	32	706 MHz	706 MHz	800 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC		4 GB	1536	128	32	706 MHz		1350 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM Rebrand	GK104-325-A2	2 GB	1344	112	32	915 MHz	980 MHz	1502 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 OEM Rebrand	GK104-200-KD-A2	1536 MB	1152	96	32	823 MHz	888 MHz	1400 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 OEM	GK104-200-KD-A2	1536 MB	1152	96	24	823 MHz	888 MHz	1400 MHz
NVIDIA GRID K280Q		4 GB	1536	128	32	745 MHz		1250 MHz
NVIDIA GRID K260Q		2 GB	1536	128	32	745 MHz		1250 MHz
NVIDIA GRID K240Q		1024 MB	1536	128	32	745 MHz		1250 MHz
NVIDIA GRID K200		256 MB	1536	128	32	745 MHz		1250 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM		2 GB	1344	112	32	915 MHz	980 MHz	1502 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2	GK104-225-A2	2 GB	1152	96	32	1006 MHz	1072 MHz	1502 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition	N14E-GTX-A2	4 GB	1536	128	32	784 MHz	784 MHz	1250 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M	N15E-GX-A2	8 GB	1536	128	32	954 MHz	993 MHz	1250 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M	N15E-GT-A2	3 GB	1344	112	24	941 MHz	967 MHz	1250 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M	N15P-GX-A1	2 GB	1152	96	16	797 MHz	915 MHz	1250 MHz
NVIDIA GRID K220Q		512 MB	1536	128	32	745 MHz		1250 MHz
NVIDIA GRID K520Q		4 GB	1536	128	32	745 MHz		1250 MHz
NVIDIA GRID K540Q		4 GB	1536	128	32	745 MHz		1250 MHz
NVIDIA GRID K560Q		4 GB	1536	128	32	745 MHz		1250 MHz
NVIDIA GRID K500		4 GB	1536	128	32	745 MHz		1250 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro K4200	GK104-850-A2	4 GB	1344	112	32	771 MHz	784 MHz	1350 MHz
NVIDIA Tesla K8		8 GB	1536	128	32	693 MHz	811 MHz	1250 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2		2 GB	960	80	24	980 MHz	1032 MHz	1502 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 OEM		2 GB	1344	112	32	993 MHz	1046 MHz	1650 MHz