NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M is a high-end DirectX 11-compatible graphics card for laptops. It is based on the Kepler GK106 chip, as the older GTX 670MX, but offers a higher core and memory clock rate and GPU Boost 2.0. The feature set is still identical.

As a novelty, the GeForce 700M series implements GPU Boost 2.0 to automatically overclock the core clock rate. Depending on the cooling headroom of the laptop and the application / game, up to 15 % performance gains are possible.

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 active for a total of 960 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 770M is situated between the old GTX 675MX and 680M high-end graphics cards. The maximum performance may differ a bit depending on the cooling solution of the used laptop (due to GPU Boost 2.0 better colling solutions lead to a better performance). Very demanding games of 2013 like Crysis 3 or Far Cry 3 may need more performance for 1920x1080 and maximum detail settings. Therefore, 1600x900 without antialiasing may be the maximum setting for these games. Older and less demanding games however are playable in full HD and ultra settings. See below for detail gaming benchmarks.

Features
The feature set of the GTX770M is identical to the GTX670MX as both are based on the same GK106 core. Therefore the GPU supports 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. Finally, the dedicated video encoding engine called NVENC API similar to Intel QuickSync is integrated in the chip.

The power consumption of the GeForce GTX 770M should be similar to the GTX 670MX (75 Watt according to rumors) and is therefore best suited for large notebooks (17-inches or greater) and desktop replacements.

Manufacturer

NVIDIA

GeForce GTX 700M Series

GeForce GTX 780M SLI (compare)	3072 @ 823 MHz	2x 256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
GeForce GTX 770M SLI (compare)	1920 @ 811 MHz	2x 192 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce GTX 780M (compare)	1536 @ 823 MHz	256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
GeForce GTX 765M SLI (compare)	1536 @ 850 MHz	2x 128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce GTX 775M (compare)	1344 @ 719 MHz	256 Bit @ 3600 MHz
GeForce GTX 770M	960 @ 811 MHz	192 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce GTX 765M (compare)	768 @ 850 MHz	128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce GTX 760M (compare)	768 @ 657 MHz	128 Bit @ 4000 MHz

Codename

N14E-GS

Architecture

Kepler

Pipelines

960 - unified

Core Speed

811 MHz

Memory Speed

4000 MHz

Memory Bus Width

192 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Max. Amount of Memory

3072 MB

Shared Memory

DirectX

DirectX 11, Shader 5.0

Transistor Count

3540 Million

technology

28 nm

Features

Optimus, SLI, PhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, 3D Vision, 3DTV Play

Notebook Size

large

Date of Announcement

30.05.2013

Benchmarks

3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Graphics 1920x1080

min: 94104 avg: 102205 median: 102205 (14%) max: 110306 Points

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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720

min: 14357 avg: 14822.6 median: 14766 (30%) max: 15359 Points

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3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720

min: 22909 avg: 23684.7 median: 23513 (13%) max: 24948 Points

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3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080

min: 3028 avg: 3188.3 median: 3131 (12%) max: 3480 Points

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3DMark - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080

min: 3214 avg: 3395.7 median: 3347 (8%) max: 3729 Points

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3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720

min: 75954 avg: 125642 median: 126843 (17%) max: 190609 Points

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3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720

min: 4916 avg: 5142.2 median: 5066 (17%) max: 5389 points

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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720

min: 4692 avg: 4974.4 median: 4889 (10%) max: 5235 points

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

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AMD Radeon Pro 450 -9%

AMD Radeon RX 540 -9%

AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) -8%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M SLI -7%

AMD Radeon R9 M280X -6%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) -4%

NVIDIA Quadro K5000M -2%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M -1%

NVIDIA Quadro K4100M 0%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 1%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1%

NVIDIA Quadro M2000M 3%

AMD Radeon Pro 555 4%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 6%

AMD Radeon Pro 560 7%

NVIDIA Quadro M1200 7%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI 7%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 8%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Desktop) 758%

100%

3DMark Vantage
P Result 1280x1024 +

P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +

3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768

25031 Points (54%)

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3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +

Unigine Heaven 3.0 - DX 11, Normal Tessellation, High Shaders 1920x1080

min: 47.2 avg: 48.8 median: 48.5 (18%) max: 51 fps

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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - OpenGL, Normal Tessellation, High Shaders 1920x1080

40.1 fps (23%)

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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024

min: 58.7 avg: 62.7 median: 62 (28%) max: 68.1 fps

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SPECviewperf 11
Siemens NX 1920x1080 +

Tcvis 1920x1080 +

SolidWorks 1920x1080 +

Pro/ENGINEER 1920x1080 +

Maya 1920x1080 +

Lightwave 1920x1080 +

Ensight 1920x1080 +

Catia 1920x1080 +

Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +

Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit +

Cinebench R15
OpenGL 64Bit +

Ref. Match 64Bit +

GLBenchmark 2.5 - Egypt HD Offscreen Fixed Time 1920x1080

551 fps (100%)

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GLBenchmark 2.5 - Egypt HD Fixed Time

60 fps (100%)

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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 1920x1080 +

T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 +

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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 detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Battlefield Hardline

2015

123.2 fps + Compare

90.3 fps + Compare

43.4 fps + Compare

27.2 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

Evolve

2015

74.7 fps + Compare

60.4 fps + Compare

32.8 fps + Compare

28.8 fps + Compare

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The Crew

2014

60 fps + Compare

47.1 fps + Compare

29.7 fps + Compare

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Dragon Age: Inquisition

2014

93.9 fps + Compare

68 fps + Compare

27.8 fps + Compare

18.8 fps + Compare

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Far Cry 4

2014

93.2 fps + Compare

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Toshiba Qosmio X70-A-11R	4700MQ	32768 MB	NVIDIA: 811 MHz, Intel: 600 / NVIDIA: 4.000 MHz, Intel: 1.600 MHz	NVIDIA: 3.072 MB GDDR5, Intel: Shared Memory bis 2.048MB NVIDIA: DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, 28 nm, 192 Bit, GK106M, 960 Pipelines; Intel: 22 nm, 20 Pipelines, Quick Sync NVIDIA: 9.18.13.1141 (ForceWare 311.41), Intel: 9.18.10.3165	94104
Gigabyte P25W	4700MQ	16384 MB	811 / 1000 MHz	3072MB DirectX 11, GDDR5 331.58	110306

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Ibuypower Valkyrie CZ-15	4700MQ	8192 MB	705 / 1002 MHz	3072MB 311.48	14357
Toshiba Qosmio X70-A-11R	4700MQ	32768 MB	NVIDIA: 811 MHz, Intel: 600 / NVIDIA: 4.000 MHz, Intel: 1.600 MHz	NVIDIA: 3.072 MB GDDR5, Intel: Shared Memory bis 2.048MB NVIDIA: DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, 28 nm, 192 Bit, GK106M, 960 Pipelines; Intel: 22 nm, 20 Pipelines, Quick Sync NVIDIA: 9.18.13.1141 (ForceWare 311.41), Intel: 9.18.10.3165	14603
MSI GT70 2OC-065US	4700MQ	8192 MB	705 / 4008 MHz	3072MB 311.48	14688
Deviltech Fragbook DTX (MS-1763)	4700MQ	8192 MB	811 / 1000 MHz	3072MB DirectX 11, GDDR5 ForceWare 311.48	14714
Medion Erazer X7825-MD98416	4700MQ	16384 MB	811 / 1000 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 ForceWare 332.21	14766
Asus G750JX	4700HQ	16384 MB	860 / 1000 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 311.12	14784
Gigabyte P25W	4700MQ	16384 MB	811 / 1000 MHz	3072MB DirectX 11, GDDR5 331.58	14795
One K73-3N	4800MQ	8192 MB	811 / 2004 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 ForceWare 311.27	15337
One K73-3N	4700MQ	8192 MB	811 / 2000 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 ForceWare 320.49	15359

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Toshiba Qosmio X70-A-11R	4700MQ	32768 MB	NVIDIA: 811 MHz, Intel: 600 / NVIDIA: 4.000 MHz, Intel: 1.600 MHz	NVIDIA: 3.072 MB GDDR5, Intel: Shared Memory bis 2.048MB NVIDIA: DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, 28 nm, 192 Bit, GK106M, 960 Pipelines; Intel: 22 nm, 20 Pipelines, Quick Sync NVIDIA: 9.18.13.1141 (ForceWare 311.41), Intel: 9.18.10.3165	22909
MSI GT70 2OC-065US	4700MQ	8192 MB	705 / 4008 MHz	3072MB 311.48	23239
Asus G750JX	4700HQ	16384 MB	860 / 1000 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 311.12	23444
Deviltech Fragbook DTX (MS-1763)	4700MQ	8192 MB	811 / 1000 MHz	3072MB DirectX 11, GDDR5 ForceWare 311.48	23493
Ibuypower Valkyrie CZ-15	4700MQ	8192 MB	705 / 1002 MHz	3072MB 311.48	23513
Gigabyte P25W	4700MQ	16384 MB	811 / 1000 MHz	3072MB DirectX 11, GDDR5 331.58	23569
Medion Erazer X7825-MD98416	4700MQ	16384 MB	811 / 1000 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 ForceWare 332.21	23712
One K73-3N	4800MQ	8192 MB	811 / 2004 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 ForceWare 311.27	24335
One K73-3N	4700MQ	8192 MB	811 / 2000 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 ForceWare 320.49	24948

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
MSI GT70 2OC-065US	4700MQ	8192 MB	705 / 4008 MHz	3072MB 311.48	3028
Toshiba Qosmio X70-A-11R	4700MQ	32768 MB	NVIDIA: 811 MHz, Intel: 600 / NVIDIA: 4.000 MHz, Intel: 1.600 MHz	NVIDIA: 3.072 MB GDDR5, Intel: Shared Memory bis 2.048MB NVIDIA: DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, 28 nm, 192 Bit, GK106M, 960 Pipelines; Intel: 22 nm, 20 Pipelines, Quick Sync NVIDIA: 9.18.13.1141 (ForceWare 311.41), Intel: 9.18.10.3165	3040
Ibuypower Valkyrie CZ-15	4700MQ	8192 MB	705 / 1002 MHz	3072MB 311.48	3065
Deviltech Fragbook DTX (MS-1763)	4700MQ	8192 MB	811 / 1000 MHz	3072MB DirectX 11, GDDR5 ForceWare 311.48	3102
Asus G750JX	4700HQ	16384 MB	860 / 1000 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 311.12	3131
One K73-3N	4800MQ	8192 MB	811 / 2004 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 ForceWare 311.27	3184
Medion Erazer X7825-MD98416	4700MQ	16384 MB	811 / 1000 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 ForceWare 332.21	3306
Gigabyte P25W	4700MQ	16384 MB	811 / 1000 MHz	3072MB DirectX 11, GDDR5 331.58	3359
One K73-3N	4700MQ	8192 MB	811 / 2000 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 ForceWare 320.49	3480

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
MSI GT70 2OC-065US	4700MQ	8192 MB	705 / 4008 MHz	3072MB 311.48	3214
Toshiba Qosmio X70-A-11R	4700MQ	32768 MB	NVIDIA: 811 MHz, Intel: 600 / NVIDIA: 4.000 MHz, Intel: 1.600 MHz	NVIDIA: 3.072 MB GDDR5, Intel: Shared Memory bis 2.048MB NVIDIA: DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, 28 nm, 192 Bit, GK106M, 960 Pipelines; Intel: 22 nm, 20 Pipelines, Quick Sync NVIDIA: 9.18.13.1141 (ForceWare 311.41), Intel: 9.18.10.3165	3230
Ibuypower Valkyrie CZ-15	4700MQ	8192 MB	705 / 1002 MHz	3072MB 311.48	3256
Deviltech Fragbook DTX (MS-1763)	4700MQ	8192 MB	811 / 1000 MHz	3072MB DirectX 11, GDDR5 ForceWare 311.48	3305
Asus G750JX	4700HQ	16384 MB	860 / 1000 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 311.12	3347
One K73-3N	4800MQ	8192 MB	811 / 2004 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 ForceWare 311.27	3392
Medion Erazer X7825-MD98416	4700MQ	16384 MB	811 / 1000 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 ForceWare 332.21	3519
Gigabyte P25W	4700MQ	16384 MB	811 / 1000 MHz	3072MB DirectX 11, GDDR5 331.58	3569
One K73-3N	4700MQ	8192 MB	811 / 2000 MHz	3072MB GDDR5 ForceWare 320.49	3729