Nvidia Curie
Release date2004
Fabrication process130 nm, 110 nm, 90 nm, 80 nm
API support
DirectX9.0c
OpenGL2.1
History
PredecessorRankine
SuccessorTesla
Support status
Unsupported

Curie is the codename for a GPU microarchitecture developed by Nvidia, and released in 2004, as the successor to Rankine[1] microarchitecture. It was named with reference to the Polish physicist Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie and used with the GeForce 6 and 7 series. Curie was followed by Tesla.

Graphics features

The lack of unified shaders makes DirectX 9.0c the last supported version of DirectX for GPUs based on this microarchitecture.[6]

GPU list

GeForce 6 (6xxx) series

Model Launch Code name Fab (nm) Bus interface Core clock (MHz) Memory clock (MHz) Core config1 Fillrate Memory
MOperations/s MPixels/s MTexels/s MVertices/s Size (MB) Bandwidth (GB/s) Bus type Bus width (bit)
GeForce 6100 + nForce 410 20 October 2005 MCP51 TSMC 90 nm HyperTransport 425 100–200 (DDR)

200–533 (DDR2)

2:1:2:1 850 425 850 106.25 Up to 256 system RAM 1.6–6.4 (DDR)

3.2–17.056 (DDR2)

DDR

DDR2

64

128

GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430 June 2006 MCP61 200

400[citation needed]

3.2

16.0[citation needed]

DDR2
GeForce 6150 LE + nForce 430 MCP61 100–200 (DDR)

200–533 (DDR2)

1.6–6.4 (DDR)

3.2–17.056 (DDR2)

DDR

DDR2

GeForce 6150 + nForce 430 20 October 2005 MCP51 475 950 475 950 118.75 1.6–6.4 (DDR)

3.2–17.056 (DDR2)

GeForce 6200 LE 2005 NV44 TSMC 110 nm AGP 8×

PCIe ×16

350 266 700 700 700 87.5 128

256

4.256 DDR 64
GeForce 6200A 4 April 2005 NV44A AGP 8× 350 250

533 (DDR2)

4:3:4:2 1400 700 1400 175

225 (DDR2)

128

256 (DDR2) 512 (DDR2)

4

13.3 (DDR2)

DDR

DDR2

64
GeForce 6200 12 October 2004 (PCIe)

17 January 2005 (AGP)

NV43 AGP 8×

PCI PCIe ×16

300 275 4:3:4:4 1200 1200 1200 225 128

256

8.8 DDR2 128
GeForce 6200 TurboCache 15 December 2004 NV44 PCIe ×16 350 350 4:3:4:2 1400 700 1400 262.5 128–256 System RAM incl.16/32–64/128 onboard 5.6 DDR 64
GeForce 6500 1 October 2005 400 333 1600 800 1600 300 128

256

5.328
GeForce 6600 LE 2005 NV43 AGP 8×

PCIe ×16

300 200 4:3:4:4 1200 1200 1200 225 6.4 128
GeForce 6600 12 August 2004 275

400

8:3:8:4 2400 2400 8.8

12.8

DDR

DDR2

GeForce 6600 GT 12 August 2004 (PCIe)

14 November 2004 (AGP)

500 475 (AGP)

500 (PCIe)

4000 2000 4000 375 15.2 (AGP)

16 (PCIe)

GDDR3
GeForce 6800 LE 22 July 2004 (AGP)

16 January 2005 (PCIe)

NV40 (AGP)

NV41, NV42 (PCIe)

IBM 130 nm 320 (AGP)

325 (PCIe)

350 8:4:8:8 2560 (AGP)

2600 (PCIe)

2560 (AGP)

2600 (PCIe)

2560 (AGP)

2600 (PCIe)

320 (AGP)

325 (PCIe)

128 22.4 DDR 256
GeForce 6800 XT 30 September 2005 300 (64 Bit)

325

266 (64 Bit)

350

500 (GDDR3)

2400

2600

2400

2600

2400

2600

300

325

256 4.256

11.2

22.4

32 (GDDR3)

DDR

DDR2

GDDR3

64

128

256

GeForce 6800 14 April 2004 (AGP)

8 November 2004 (PCIe)

325 350 12:5:12:12 3900 3900 3900 406.25 128

256

22.4 DDR 256
GeForce 6800 GTO 14 April 2004 NV45 PCIe ×16 450 4200 4200 4200 437.5 256 28.8 GDDR3
GeForce 6800 GS 7 November 2005 (PCIe)

8 December 2005 (AGP)

NV42 (PCIe)

NV40 (AGP)

TSMC 110 nm AGP 8×

PCIe ×16

425 (PCIe)

350 (AGP)

500 5100 5100 5100 531.25 128

256

32
GeForce 6800 GT 4 May 2004 (AGP)

28 June 2004 (PCIe)

NV40 (AGP)

NV45 (PCIe)

IBM 130 nm AGP 8×

PCIe ×16

350 16:6:16:16 5600 5600 5600 525
GeForce 6800 Ultra 4 May 2004 (AGP)

28 June 2004 (PCIe) 14 March 2005 (512 MB)

400 525 (512 MB)

550 (256 MB)

6400 6400 6400 600 256

512

33.6 (512 MB)

35.2 (256 MB)

GeForce 6800 Ultra Extreme Edition 4 May 2004 NV40 AGP 8× 450 600 7200 7200 7200 675 256 35.2
Model Launch Code name Fab (nm) Bus interface Core clock (MHz) Memory clock (MHz) Core config1 Fillrate Memory
MOperations/s MPixels/s MTexels/s MVertices/s Size (MB) Bandwidth (GB/s) Bus type Bus width (bit)

Features

Model Features
OpenEXR HDR Scalable Link Interface (SLI) TurboCache PureVideo WMV9 Decoding
GeForce 6100 No No No Limited
GeForce 6150 SE No No Driver-Side Only Limited
GeForce 6150 No No No Yes
GeForce 6150 LE No No Driver-Side Only Yes
GeForce 6200 No No Yes (PCIe only) Yes
GeForce 6500 No Yes Yes Yes
GeForce 6600 LE Yes Yes (No SLI Connector) No Yes
GeForce 6600 Yes Yes (SLI Connector or PCIe Interface) No Yes
GeForce 6600 DDR2 Yes Yes (SLI Connector or PCIe Interface) No Yes
GeForce 6600 GT Yes Yes No Yes
GeForce 6800 LE Yes No No No
GeForce 6800 XT Yes Yes (PCIe only) No Yes (NV42 only)
GeForce 6800 Yes Yes (PCIe only) No Yes (NV41, NV42 only)
GeForce 6800 GTO Yes Yes No No
GeForce 6800 GS Yes Yes (PCIe only) No Yes (NV42 only)
GeForce 6800 GT Yes Yes (PCIe only) No No
GeForce 6800 Ultra Yes Yes (PCIe only) No No

GeForce 7 (7xxx) series

Model Launch Code name Fab (nm) Bus interface Core clock (MHz) Memory clock (MHz) Core config1 Fillrate Memory
MOperations/s MPixels/s MTexels/s MVertices/s Size (MB) Bandwidth (GB/s) Bus type Bus width (bit)
GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a July 2007 MCP68S TSMC 110 nm HyperTransport 425 200 (DDR)

400 (DDR2)

933 (DDR3)

2:1:2:2 850 850 850 106.25 Up to 256 system RAM 6.4

12.8

34

DDR

DDR2

DDR3

64

128

GeForce 7050PV + nForce 630a MCP67QV
GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i/630i MCP73 TSMC 90 nm HyperTransport/FSB 500 333 1000 1000 1000 125 5.336 DDR2 64
GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i MCP76 FSB 600 400 1200 1200 1200 150 6.4
GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i 630 1260 1260 1260 157.5
GeForce 7100 GS 8 August 2006 NV44 TSMC 110 nm PCIe ×16 350 300 4:3:4:2 1400 700 1400 262.5 128

256

2.4

4.8

DDR

DDR2

32

64

GeForce 7200 GS 18 January 2006 G72 TSMC 90 nm 450 400 2:2:4:2 1800 900 1800 337.5 3.2

6.4

DDR2
GeForce 7300 SE 22 March 2006 350 333 4:3:4:2 128 2.656

5.328

GeForce 7300 LE
GeForce 7300 GS 18 January 2006 550 400 2200 1100 2200 412.5 128

256

6.4 64
GeForce 7300 GT 15 May 2006 G73 AGP 8×

PCIe ×16

350 325 (DDR2)

700 (GDDR3)

8:5:8:4 2800 1400 2800 437.5 10.4

22.4

DDR2

GDDR3

128
GeForce 7500 LE 2006 G72 PCIe ×16 263

324

275 4:3:4:2 900

1100

900

1100

2200 412.5 64

128 256

2.6

6.8

DDR2 32

64

GeForce 7600 GS 22 March 2006 (PCIe)

1 July 2006 (AGP)

G73 AGP 8×

PCIe ×16

400 400 (DDR2)

700 (GDDR3)

12:5:12:8 4800 3200 4800 500 256 12.8

22.4

DDR2

GDDR3

128
GeForce 7600 GT 9 March 2006 (PCIe)

15 July 2006 (AGP)

560 6720 4480 6720 700
GeForce 7600 GT 80 nm 8 January 2007 G73-B1 TSMC 80 nm
GeForce 7650 GS 22 March 2006 G73 PCIe ×16 450 400 5400 3600 5400 562.5 12.7 DDR2
GeForce 7800 GS 2 February 2006 G70 TSMC 110 nm AGP 8× 375 600 16:8:16:8 6000 3000 6000 750 38.4 GDDR3 256
GeForce 7800 GT 11 August 2005 PCIe ×16 400 500 20:7:20:16 8000 6400 8000 700 32
GeForce 7800 GTX 22 June 2005 (256 MB)

14 November 2005 (512 MB)

430 (256 MB)

550 (512 MB)

600 (256 MB)

850 (512 MB)

24:8:24:16 10320 (256 MB)

13200 (512 MB)

6880 (256 MB)

8800 (512 MB)

10320 (256 MB)

13200 (512 MB)

860 (256 MB)

1100 (512 MB)

256

512

38.4 (256 MB)

54.4 (512 MB)

GeForce 7900 GS May 2006 (PCIe)

2 April 2007 (AGP)

G71 TSMC 90 nm AGP 8×

PCIe ×16

450 660 20:7:20:16 9000 7200 9000 787.5 256 42.24
GeForce 7900 GT 9 March 2006 PCIe ×16 24:8:24:16 10800 10800 900
GeForce 7900 GTO 1 October 2006 650 15600 10400 15600 1300 512
GeForce 7900 GTX 9 March 2006 800 51.2
GeForce 7900 GX2 2× G71 500 600 2× 24:8:24:16 24000 16000 24000 2000 2× 512 2x 38.4
GeForce 7950 GT 6 September 2006 (PCIe)

2 April 2007 (AGP)

G71 AGP 8×

PCIe ×16

550 700 24:8:24:16 13200 8800 13200 1100 512 44.8
GeForce 7950 GX2 5 June 2006 2× G71 PCIe ×16 500 600 2× 24:8:24:16 24000 16000 24000 2000 2× 512 2x 38.4
Model Launch Code name Fab (nm) Bus interface Core clock (MHz) Memory clock (MHz) Core config1 Fillrate Memory
MOperations/s MPixels/s MTexels/s MVertices/s Size (MB) Bandwidth (GB/s) Bus type Bus width (bit)

Features

Model Features
Gamma-correct antialiasing 64-bit OpenEXR HDR Scalable Link Interface (SLI) TurboCache Dual Link DVI
GeForce 7100 GS No No Yes (PCIe only, No SLI bridge) Yes No
GeForce 7200 GS Yes Yes No Yes No
GeForce 7300 SE Yes Yes No Yes No
GeForce 7300 LE Yes Yes No Yes No
GeForce 7300 GS Yes Yes Yes (PCIe only) Yes No
GeForce 7300 GT Yes Yes Yes (PCIe only, No SLI bridge) No One port
GeForce 7600 GS Yes Yes Yes (PCIe only) No One port
GeForce 7600 GT Yes Yes Yes (PCIe only) No One port
GeForce 7600 GT (80 nm) Yes Yes Yes No One port
GeForce 7650 GS (80 nm) Yes Yes Yes (Depending on OEM Design) No One port
GeForce 7800 GS Yes Yes No No One port
GeForce 7800 GT Yes Yes Yes No One port
GeForce 7800 GTX Yes Yes Yes No One port
GeForce 7800 GTX 512 Yes Yes Yes No One port
GeForce 7900 GS Yes Yes Yes (PCIe only) No Two ports
GeForce 7900 GT Yes Yes Yes No Two ports
GeForce 7900 GTO Yes Yes Yes No Two ports
GeForce 7900 GTX Yes Yes Yes No Two ports
GeForce 7900 GX2 (GTX Duo) Yes Yes Yes No Two ports
GeForce 7950 GT Yes Yes Yes (PCIe only) No Two ports
GeForce 7950 GX2 Yes Yes Yes No Two ports

See also

References

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  2. ^ "NVIDIA C61 GPU Specs". TechPowerUp. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "GPU chips — envytools git documentation". envytools.readthedocs.io. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
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  6. ^ NVIDIA introduced unified shader model in Tesla GPU microarchitecture.
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