NVIDIA Kepler GK-104 GPU Specifications Leaked – Should AMD Worry?
We just ran across news that a site in China called inpai.com.cn has leaked what they are believe are the final specifications of NVIDIAs upcoming Kepler based GK-104 GPU. This is big news for NVIDIA fans as it will be the companies first 28nm GPU and features a number of architecture changes. According to the site, the NVIDIA GK-104 GPU is going to feature 2GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit memory bus with a TDP of 225W. If memory serves me correctly current ratings on common cards are 170W on the GeForce GTX 560 Ti and 244W on the GeForce GTX 580. The site goes on to say that the GK-104 is a direct replacement to the GF-114 (the GPU used on the GeForce GTX 560 Ti) and will be released first. From what we are hearing NVIDIA plans on releasing the very first Kepler based GPUs in April 2012. During CES 2012 we sat down with NVIDIA and they wouldn’t talk about Kepler on the record, but off the record that they expected to see more from the AMD Radeon HD 7970. From our face-to-face conversation with NVIDIA we walked away with the feeling that they were underwhelmed by what they saw and that Kepler would be able to easily leap frog the Radeon HD 7900 series. Time will obviously tell if this is the truth, but if the GK-104 is faster than the AMD Radeon HD 7970 the folks over at AMD better get back to work. You can read a broken chinglish translation of some of the source site below.
NVIDIA 28nm process technology based on Kepler architecture GK104 graphics core, will be equipped with 256bit bit wide, 2GB memory capacity, and is expected to show the core of the graphics used GK104 will have a 225 watt TDP. The GK104 graphics core will replace the existing fleet of GF114 graphics core, and have the challenge of the new AMD HD7950 HD7970 imperial class card or even the strength, I believe it is the N meal they want to see.
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