Complete Nvidia Kepler GPU Lineup Leaked

Unlike with the AMD Radeon HD 7000 series, the Nvidia has kept it very quiet with regards to information being leaked on its upcoming Kepler series graphics cards. Website Lenzfire has published specifications for the upcoming Kepler series. As with all leaked information, all unofficial sources should be taken with a grain of salt.

With the chart listed below, we see see the entire lineup of Kepler cards from the flagship Nvidia GTX 690 dual GPU to the GTX 640. The die size in the higher end GeForce cards are approximately 50 percent larger than that of the AMD Radeon HD 7970 (550mm² vs 365mm²), while only 30mm² larger than its GF110 predecessor (GTX 580).

Model	Die Size (mm2)	Core Clock MHz (TBD)	Shader Clock GHZ (TBD)	Stream Processors	SM Count	ROPs	Memory Clock (effective) GDDR5	Bus Width	Memory Bus Width (GB/s)
GTX690 (2xGK110)	550	~750	~1.5	2x1024	2x32	2x56	4.5 GHz	2x448bit	2x252
GTX680 (GK110)	550	~850	~1.7	1024	32	64	5.5 GHz	512bit	352
GTX670 (GK110)	550	~850	~1.7	896	28	56	5 GHz	448bit	280
GTX660 Ti (GTX110)	550	~850	~1.7	768	24	48	5 GHz	384bit	240
GTX660 (GK104)	290	~900	~1.8	512	16	32	5.8 GHz	256bit	186
GTX650 Ti (GK104)	290	~850	~1.7	448	14	28	5.5 GHz	224bit	154
GTX650 (GK106)	155	~900	~1.8	256	8	24	5.5 GHz	192bit	132
GTX640 (GK106)	155	~850	~1.7	192	6	16	5.5 GHz	128bit	88

In the chart below, we get details on price points, release dates and expected performance scale compared to current Nvidia GPUs and AMD's HD 7000 series. Based on the performance numbers, the GTX 680 is set to show a 45 percent performance increase over the HD 7970, while the GTX 670 shows a 20 percent improvement. If the numbers are true, this would be a nice win for Nvidia's Kepler against AMD's new Graphics Core Next architecture. The GTX 660 Ti is set to show a 10 percent improvement over the HD 7950 in the current battle of price to performance ratio. Though we don't have estimated performance numbers for AMD's HD 78xx or 77xx series, Nvidia's budget-friendly cards stack up nicely to its current high-end graphics cards.

Model	Bus Interface	Frame Buffer	Transistors (Billion)	Price Point	Release Date	Performance Scale
GTX690	PCIe3.0x16	2x1.75GB	2x6.4B	$999	Q3 2012	N/A
GTX680	PCIe3.0x16	2GB	6.4B	$649	12-Apr	45% > HD7970
GTX670	PCIe3.0x16	1.75GB	6.4B	$499	12-Apr	20% > HD7970
GTX660 TI	PCIe3.0x16	1.5GB	6.4B	$399	Q2/Q3 2012	10% > HD7950
GTX660	PCIe3.0x16	2GB	3.4B	$319	12-Apr	= GTX580
GTX650 TI	PCIe3.0x16	1.75GB	3.4B	$249	Q2/Q3 2012	= GTX570
GTX650	PCIe3.0x16	1.5GB	1.8B	$179	12-May	= GTX560
GTX640	PCIe3.0x16	2GB	1.8B	$139	12-May	= GTX550Ti

Do you think Nvidia's Kepler will live up to the alleged performance figures and regain the performance crown from AMD?

Edit: Charts corrected to show MHz for Core Clock

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Marco925

jaber2nVidia VS AMD, nVidia WINS ding ding ding

Ding ding ding, Fanboi alert..
campb292

I guess I missed the info on why the huge jump in prices happened here: A bit over a year ago the flagship 580 came out at US$499-539. Its dual unit superior was US$699. This "leak" suggests the single GPU flagship is $699, the dual $999. That seems consistent with AMD's large jump in pricing - is no one else bothered by this?
deathengine

1k for a video card?
I think not. I get that these are estimates, but I hope they are not accurate.

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whimseh

Exciting!
Fuyukazehime

According to the information provided, we can expect higher power consumption and, of course, it will probably run hot. I'd imagine much more cooling required for these cards, perhaps noisy fans even... one of the recent trademarks of Nvidia sadly =/
kcorp2003

very nice. lulz at console players.
tigger888

This information seems fishy, Look at the source site, the comentors there don't believe it and + there are no benchmarks, just random numbers people pulled out of their bum. People that don't know better will wait till nvidia card rolls out, and might even be dissapointed. I am guessing that NV might have problem with low yields. Also NV themselves said that they won't be hotclocking their shaders (making them run roughly 2x faster then the geometry domain of the card). So i call fake.
campb292

I guess I missed the info on why the huge jump in prices happened here: A bit over a year ago the flagship 580 came out at US$499-539. Its dual unit superior was US$699. This "leak" suggests the single GPU flagship is $699, the dual $999. That seems consistent with AMD's large jump in pricing - is no one else bothered by this?
deathengine

1k for a video card?
I think not. I get that these are estimates, but I hope they are not accurate.
sp0nger

Glad i waited, this is why i will always choose Nvidia over AMD. The quote from that Nvidia rep saying they expected more from AMD says it all. If you want the best, you want Nvidia.
Parsian

512bit on DDR5??? unrealistic. They never been this different. It is better for them to make a card a bit faster but at lower production cost. I think the info is bogus.
jaber2

nVidia VS AMD, nVidia WINS ding ding ding
Anonymous

Ya a GTX660 and GTX640 will have 2GB VRAM, yet a GTX660Ti will have 1.5GB and a GTX670 will have 1.75GB. I call BS.
vilenjan

Well everything being equal, a 7970 die is about 66% of the size of the GTX680. And we know that the 7970 has a TDP of 250W, so unless Nvidia has some insanely good power optimizations overt the 7970 (i don't think it will as the 7970 is pretty damn efficient), we are looking at around 350W TDP for the GTX680, so twin 8 pins with not a whole a lot of OC headroom. Ohh and the card will need a huge cooler, so I am guessing about 12+ inch length or a standard triple slot design. We are going to go back to the 5870 and 480GTX days, sure the 480 was faster, but at what cost...
whooleo

IF this is true, these will be some EXTREMELY powerful cards, just saying....
magicandy

Wow, those are some nasty price points. Everything seems to have jumped up a bracket in price. $500 used to be their flagship single GPU. I guess Nvidia really expects a winner here. OR could it be....

campb292I guess I missed the info on why the huge jump in prices happened here: A bit over a year ago the flagship 580 came out at US$499-539. Its dual unit superior was US$699. This "leak" suggests the single GPU flagship is $699, the dual $999. That seems consistent with AMD's large jump in pricing - is no one else bothered by this?

Yep, price fixing at its finest. I remember a year or two back some e-mails between AMD and Nvidia were leaked that showed evidence of them collaborating to fix/inflate GPU prices.
de5_Roy

performance-power efficiency comparison between 78xx vs gtx650ti/650 and 79xx vs 680/670/660ti.....
if kepler's power consumption is like fermi cards, imo amd will win. sales is another story (nvidia usually makes more money:()....
Parsian

btw, does the government provide loans for underground isolated nuclear power plant?
Marco925

jaber2nVidia VS AMD, nVidia WINS ding ding ding

Ding ding ding, Fanboi alert..
Anonymous

Anyone notice the clock speed for the core? 3/4 to 9 tenths of a tetrahertz? Dudes proof read your charts.
sporkimus

I just want them to start getting the power consumption lower. At the rate we're going, we'll be required to have power supplies running at 1.21 gigawatts in the near future...
_Pez_

I do not believe those specs.

550mm2 and 6.4B transistors, that's pretty much but not that effective as ATI Graphics with even smaller die size a powerful chip than the last one.
pharoahhalfdead

"The GTX 680 is set to show a 45 percent performance increase over the HD 7970, while the GTX 670 shows a 20 percent improvement... " speculative numbers anyway.

AMD pulled quite a marketing scheme by releasing high end cards with extremely conservative clock/memory speeds, that has "High Overclock Potential 25-30%." It sells well to do it like this. You know, release a card with "great potential," then jack up the price so people think they got they're moneys worth. If they wanted they could have easily released these cards with that same overclock back in January.

Maybe by the time Nvidia releases it's 680, AMD will have done a lil bit of tweaking, and will release overclocked cards that will negate that 20-45% improvement, and bring it down to 0-20%. Oh, 7970 drivers should be optimized by then which will bring that performance down even more.

I'm not dissing AMD, well, maybe a lil bit.

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