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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 is a graphics card released on May 23, 2013. It has 6 GB of video memory and a 250 W board power rating. It scores 7,969 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

GK110-300-A1

4/10 key specs recorded · 17 facts

Depth: 29 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified August 11, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark. Coverage: 4 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

n/a

Memory

6 GB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

250 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 scores 7,969 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 86.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #369), measured across 8,897 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 591.

PassMark G3D Mark

7,969

Rank #369
Faster than 86.5% of 2,658 GPUs
8,897 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 127 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 80.4% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 37 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 71.3% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 65 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 76.3% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 30 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 66.1% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 3,329 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 75.7% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 averages DirectX 9 127 fps, DirectX 10 37 fps, DirectX 11 65 fps, DirectX 12 30 fps and GPU Compute 3,329 ops/s, across 8,897 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 6 GB

Core clock 863 MHz

Memory clock 1502 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 250 W

First benchmarked 2013-05-28

Samples 8,897

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 6 GB of memory, a core clock of 863 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2013-05-28. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename GK110-300-A1

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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 uses the GK110-300-A1 graphics processor.

Memory

Size 6 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 is equipped with 6 GB of memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 has a board power rating of 250 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 250 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

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Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched May 23, 2013

Launch price Not recorded

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Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX 700 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 was released on May 23, 2013.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 7,969

PassMark G2D 591

Rank #369

Samples 8,897

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 has 6 GB of video memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 has a board power rating of 250 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 scores 7,969 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 86.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #369. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 30 fps.