GeForce GTX 780 vs GeForce GTX 770

GeForce GTX 780
Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 23 May 2013
GeForce GTX 780
GeForce GTX 770
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 30 May 2013
GeForce GTX 770

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 780
    123%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 780
    137%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 780

37% higher gaming performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 770

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 780

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 780

The GeForce GTX 780 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (18 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 780GeForce GTX 770
GPU NameGK110 (GK110-300-A1)vsGK104 (GK104-425-A2)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size561 mm²vs294 mm²
Transistors7,080 millionvs3,540 million
Shaders2304vs1536
Compute Units12vs8
Core clock863 MHzvs1046 MHz
ROPs48vs32
TMUs192vs128

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 780GeForce GTX 770
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width384 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size3072 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 780GeForce GTX 770
TDP250 wattsvs230 watts
Release Date23 May 2013vs30 May 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 780
    41.40 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 770
    33.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 780
    166.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 770
    134.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 780
    288.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 770
    224.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 780
    3977.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 770
    3213.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 780
    13770
  • GeForce GTX 770
    11180

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Battlefield 4

DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO

  • GeForce GTX 780
    79
  • GeForce GTX 770
    67

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

  • GeForce GTX 780
    93
  • GeForce GTX 770
    81

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 780
    55
  • GeForce GTX 770
    49

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 780
    65
  • GeForce GTX 770
    61

FPS (higher is better)

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 780
    80
  • GeForce GTX 770
    64

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Last Light

DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal

  • GeForce GTX 780
    58
  • GeForce GTX 770
    50

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 780
    52
  • GeForce GTX 770
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 780
    68
  • GeForce GTX 770
    58

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 780
    39
  • GeForce GTX 770
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 780
    57
  • GeForce GTX 770
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 780
    36
  • GeForce GTX 770
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 780
    73
  • GeForce GTX 770
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 780
    47
  • GeForce GTX 770
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 780
    54
  • GeForce GTX 770
    45

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 780
    29
  • GeForce GTX 770
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 780
    43
  • GeForce GTX 770
    33

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 780
    19
  • GeForce GTX 770
    13

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 780
    23
  • GeForce GTX 770
    6

FPS (higher is better)