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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M SLI vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M SLI

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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M SLI is a high-end DirectX 11-compatible graphics solution for laptops, consisting of two GeForce GTX 770M. Each card has a 28nm GK106 core based on the Kepler architecture. The clocks for the SLI-setup are identical to a single GTX 770M. With SLI, each card usually renders a single frame (AFR mode). Therefore, it may suffer from micro stuttering in low fps ranges of 30fps. This happens because of different timespans between two frames (e.g., irregular delays between sequential frames).

Architecture

The Kepler architecture is the successor to the Fermi architecture that first appeared in laptops with the GeForce 400M series. The GK106 Kepler core offers five shader blocks, called SMX, that are clocked at the same speed as the central core. In the GTX 770M, all five blocks are activated (= 960 CUDA-Cores for each 770M). Although the Kepler architecture can utilize more shader cores than a Fermi chip, its shaders can be up to twice as power efficient. However, due to the missing hot clock of the shader domain, two shaders of a Kepler chip are of similar speed to one shader of a Fermi chip (as the latter is clocked twice as fast).

PCIe 3.0 is now supported by the mobile Kepler series and GPU Boost 2.0 can automatically overclock the card if the laptop cooling system allows it. This feature is available on any notebook with a graphics card of the 700M series.

Performance

The GeForce GTX 770M SLI is about 70 - 80 percent faster than a single GTX 770M, leading to a performance somewhere between a single GeForce GTX 680 (desktop) and GTX 780M. Therefore, most games (as of 2013) are playable at the highest detail setting and in FullHD resolution. In many cases it is even possible to activate additional anti-aliasing.

Features

The feature set includes support for up to 4 active displays. Furthermore, high resolution monitors of up to 3840x2160 pixels can now be connected using DisplayPort 1.2 or HDMI 1.4a if available. HD-Audio codecs, such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD, can be transmitted via bitstream mode through the HDMI port. However, as most laptops will feature Optimus, the integrated GPU will likely have direct control over the display ports and may limit the feature set available by the Nvidia Kepler cards.

The 5th generation PureVideo HD video processor (VP5) is also integrated in the GK106 core and offers hardware decoding of HD videos. Common codecs such as MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4 ASP, H.264 and VC1/WMV9 are fully supported up to 4K resolutions while VC1 and MPEG-4 are supported up to 1080p. Two streams can be decoded in parallel for features such as Picture-in-Picture. Another novelty is the inclusion of a dedicated video encoding engine similar to Intel QuickSync that can be accessed by the NVENC API.

Power consumption

The power consumption of the GeForce GTX 770M SLI should double to about 150 watts (including board and memory) compared to a single GTX 770M. Therefore, only large desktop replacements can handle the heat.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI

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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI is a high-end DirectX 11-compatible graphics card for laptops, consisting of two GeForce GTX 780M. Each card has a 28nm GK104 core based on the Kepler architecture. The clocks for the SLI-setup are in theory identical to a single GTX 780M. With SLI, each card usually renders a single frame (AFR mode). Therefore, it may suffer from micro stuttering in low fps ranges of 30fps. This happens because of different timespans between two frames (e.g., irregular delays between sequential frames).

Architecture
The Kepler architecture is the successor to the Fermi architecture that first appeared in laptops with the GeForce 400M series. The GK104 Kepler core offers eight shader blocks, called SMX, that are clocked at the same speed as the central core. In the GTX 780M, all eight blocks are active for a total of 1536 CUDA cores. Although the Kepler architecture can utilize more shader cores than a Fermi chip, its shaders can be up to twice as power efficient.  However, due to the missing hot clock of the shader domain, two shaders of a Kepler chip are of similar speed to one shader of a Fermi chip (as the latter is clocked twice as fast).

PCIe 3.0 is now supported by the mobile Kepler series and an optional Turbo mode can automatically overclock the Nvidia card by a theoretical 15 percent if the laptop cooling system allows it. The implementation of this boost mode is done in the BIOS, but it is ultimately dependent upon the manufacturer of the laptop.

Performance

The graphics performance of the GeForce GTX 780M SLI is clearly above the old GTX 680M SLI and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire (or 8970M CF), thus making it the fastest mobile solution as of summer 2013. Furthermore, Nvidia currently (mid 2013) has a better mechanism to minimize micro stuttering (altough not perfect).

Even extremely demanding titles like Metro Last Light or Crysis 3 are playable at the highest detail settings in 1920x1080 pixels and anti aliasing.

Features
The improved feature set now includes support for up to 4 active displays. Furthermore, high resolution monitors of up to 3840x2160 pixels can now be connected using DisplayPort 1.2 or HDMI 1.4a if available. HD-Audio codecs, such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD, can be transmitted via bitstream mode through the HDMI port. However, as most laptops will feature Optimus, the integrated GPU will likely have direct control over the display ports and may limit the feature set available by the Nvidia Kepler cards.

The 5th generation PureVideo HD video processor (VP5) is also integrated in the GK104 core and offers hardware decoding of HD videos. Common codecs such as MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4 ASP, H.264 and VC1/WMV9 are fully supported up to 4K resolutions while VC1 and MPEG-4 are supported up to 1080p. Two streams can be decoded in parallel for features such as Picture-in-Picture. Another novelty is the inclusion of a dedicated video encoding engine similar to Intel QuickSync that can be accessed by the NVENC API.

The power consumption of the GeForce GTX 780M SLI should double to 200 Watt (including board and memory) compared to a single GTX 780M. Therefore, only large desktop replacements can handle the heat.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M SLINVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
GeForce GTX 700M Series
GeForce GTX 780M SLI 3072 @ 0.82 GHz2x 256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
GeForce GTX 770M SLI 1920 @ 0.81 GHz2x 192 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce GTX 780M compare 1536 @ 0.82 GHz256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
GeForce GTX 765M SLI compare 1536 @ 0.85 GHz2x 128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce GTX 775M compare 1344 @ 0.72 GHz256 Bit @ 3600 MHz
GeForce GTX 770M compare 960 @ 0.81 GHz192 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce GTX 765M compare 768 @ 0.85 GHz128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce GTX 760M compare 768 @ 0.66 GHz128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce GTX 780M SLI 3072 @ 0.82 GHz2x 256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
GeForce GTX 770M SLI 1920 @ 0.81 GHz2x 192 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce GTX 780M compare 1536 @ 0.82 GHz256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
GeForce GTX 765M SLI compare 1536 @ 0.85 GHz2x 128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce GTX 775M compare 1344 @ 0.72 GHz256 Bit @ 3600 MHz
GeForce GTX 770M compare 960 @ 0.81 GHz192 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce GTX 765M compare 768 @ 0.85 GHz128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce GTX 760M compare 768 @ 0.66 GHz128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
ArchitectureKeplerKepler
Pipelines1920 - unified3072 - unified
Core Speed811 MHz823 MHz
Memory Speed4000 MHz5000 MHz
Memory Bus Width2x 192 Bit2x 256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory2x 3072 MB2x 4096 MB
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3
Power Consumption150 Watt200 Watt
Transistors0 Billion7.1 Billion
technology28 nm28 nm
FeaturesOptimus, SLI, PhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, 3D Vision, 3DTV PlayOptimus, SLI, PhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, 3D Vision, 3DTV Play
Notebook Sizelargelarge
Date of Announcement30.05.2013 30.05.2013
CodenameN14E-GTX

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - GeForce GTX 780M SLI
4.6 pt (14%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
22190 Points (24%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
66148 Points (17%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
8009 Points (14%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
10091 Points (11%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
333674 Points (40%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
8679 Points (12%)
min: 11960     avg: 12425     median: 12424.5 (17%)     max: 12889 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
9569 Points (8%)
min: 14005     avg: 14140     median: 14139.5 (12%)     max: 14274 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
36004 Points (10%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 43484     avg: 43525     median: 43525 (25%)     max: 43566 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
3DMark 06
27957 Points (37%)
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
132.8 fps (44%)
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
163.2 fps (31%)
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
min: 2.57     avg: 3.5     median: 3.5 (2%)     max: 4.43 fps
specvp11 tcvis-02 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
min: 1.05     avg: 1.2     median: 1.2 (1%)     max: 1.34 fps
specvp11 sw-02 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
min: 11.63     avg: 12.2     median: 12.2 (9%)     max: 12.81 fps
specvp11 proe-05 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
min: 1.18     avg: 1.6     median: 1.6 (2%)     max: 1.99 fps
specvp11 maya-03 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
min: 11.43     avg: 11.4     median: 11.4 (9%)     max: 11.45 fps
specvp11 lightwave-01 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
min: 15.82     avg: 17.7     median: 17.7 (19%)     max: 19.65 fps
specvp11 ensight-04 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
min: 31.08     avg: 38.9     median: 38.9 (19%)     max: 46.65 fps
specvp11 catia-03 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
min: 7.64     avg: 10.4     median: 10.4 (5%)     max: 13.07 fps
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
7.9 Points (100%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
7.9 Points (100%)
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 51.3     avg: 66.7     median: 66.7 (23%)     max: 82 fps

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M SLI → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLI → 145% n=2

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
170.7  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
131.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
31.6  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
78.9  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
68.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
68.2  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
121.4  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
105.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
64.7  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
117.6  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
98.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
70  fps
Dota 2

Dota 2

2013
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
100.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
96.3  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
53.7  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
43.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
20.7  fps
GRID 2

GRID 2

2013
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
143.9  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
134.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
93.2  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
104.4  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
79.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
53.7  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
233.5  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
208.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
94.5  fps
SimCity

SimCity

2013
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
145.9  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
108.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
57.1  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
365  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
273.1  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
130.1  fps
Crysis 3

Crysis 3

2013
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
96.3  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
78  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
47.2  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
410.4  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
384.1  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
254.2  fps
Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

2012
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
120.8  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
86.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
55.6  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
82.3  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
81.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
53.7  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
64.9  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
57.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
56.2  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
256.4  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
199.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
148.6  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
60  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
60  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
60  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
130  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
130  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
130  fps
Fifa 13

Fifa 13

2012
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
400.3  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
420.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
390.3  fps
F1 2012

F1 2012

2012
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
128  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
118  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
100  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
142.8  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
134.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
126.4  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
57.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
54.3  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
263.4  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
261.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
257.3  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
139  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
109.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
72.2  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
88.4  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
86.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
82.1  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
78.6  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
73.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
55.4  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
112.1  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
88  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
82.1  fps
Alan Wake

Alan Wake

2012
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
122.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
86.6  fps
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
240.5  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
174.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
107  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
101.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
87.3  fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
130.9  fps
high 1366x768
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
124.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 780M SLI:
83.6  fps
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M SLIlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Total War: Rome II170.7131.431.6
Saints Row IV78.968.868.2
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified121.4105.364.7
Splinter Cell: Blacklist117.698.670
Dota 2100.496.3
Company of Heroes 253.743.620.7
GRID 2143.9134.993.2
Metro: Last Light104.479.353.7
BioShock Infinite233.5208.594.5
SimCity145.9108.357.1
Tomb Raider365273.1130.1
Crysis 396.37847.2
Dead Space 3410.4384.1254.2
Far Cry 3120.886.255.6
Assassin´s Creed III82.381.853.7
Hitman: Absolution64.957.956.2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2256.4199.4148.6
Need for Speed: Most Wanted606060
Dishonored130130130
Fifa 13400.3420.8390.3
F1 2012128118100
Borderlands 2142.8134.6126.4
Guild Wars 257.654.3
Counter-Strike: GO263.4261.9257.3
Sleeping Dogs139109.472.2
Max Payne 388.486.482.1
Dirt Showdown78.673.855.4
Risen 2: Dark Waters112.18882.1
Alan Wake122.786.6
Anno 2070240.5174.4107
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim101.887.3
Battlefield 3130.9124.283.6
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