NVIDIA's 2012 Kepler lineup revealed (possibly)
As usual, it seems like whenever a big chip company wants to keep those key details under wraps, someone leaves a spreadsheet lying in a bar. Of course, the following information could be the product of a vengeful former employee mashing at a keyboard, so let's agree that these are rumored details until further notice. NVIDIA's whole range of Kepler-powered graphics cards will be PCI-E 3.0 compliant, with the GTX690 topping the group at $999 when it arrives in Q3 of this year, while the modestly-priced GTX640 will retail for $139 when it arrives in May. If you'd like to drill down into the specifics of all eight cards purportedly on offer for 2012, we've got all the details in a handy chart nestled just after the interval.
Model | Code | Memory Clock | Core | GPU Clock | Die Size | Bus Width | Memory Bus Width | Price | Release Date |
GTX690 | GK110x2 | 4.5GHz GDDR5 | 750MHz | 1.5GHz | 550mm² | 2x488bit | 2x252GB/s | $995 | Q3 2012 |
GTX680 | GK110 | 5.5GHz GDDR5 | 850MHz | 1.7Ghz | 550mm² | 512bit | 352GB/s | $649 | April 2012 |
GTX670 | GK110 | 5GHz GDDR5 | 850MHz | 1.7GHz | 550mm² | 448bit | 280GB/s | $499 | April 2012 |
GTX600Ti | GK110 | 5GHz GDDR5 | 850MHz | 1.7GHz | 550mm² | 384bit | 240GB/s | $399 | Q2/Q3 2012 |
GTX660 | GK104 | 5.8GHz GDDR5 | 900MHz | 1.8Ghz | 290mm² | 256bit | 186GB/s | $319 | April 2012 |
GTX650Ti | GK104 | 5.5GHz GDDR5 | 850MHz | 1.7GHz | 290mm² | 224bit | 154GB/s | $249 | Q2/Q3 2012 |
GTX650 | GK106 | 5.5GHz GDDR5 | 900MHz | 1.8GHz | 155mm² | 192bit | 132GB/s | $179 | May 2012 |
GTX640 | GK106 | 5.5GHz GDDR5 | 850MHz | 1.7GHz | 155mm² | 128bit | 88GB/s | $139 | May 2012 |
