Maxwell
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Maxwell is an NVIDIA GPU microarchitecture known for its improved power efficiency and performance, widely used in mobile and desktop graphics processors.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | GPU microarchitecture ⓘ |
| applicationDomain |
compute accelerators
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desktop GPUs ⓘ gaming graphics cards ⓘ mobile GPUs ⓘ workstation GPUs ⓘ |
| architectureFamily | NVIDIA GeForce architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codenameExample |
GM107
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GM200 NERFINISHED ⓘ GM204 NERFINISHED ⓘ GM206 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designGoal |
better power efficiency for mobile devices
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higher performance per watt than Kepler ⓘ improved gaming performance ⓘ |
| developer | NVIDIA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
enhanced geometry processing
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enhanced memory compression ⓘ improved scheduler and instruction dispatch ⓘ improved tessellation performance ⓘ more efficient power management ⓘ revised streaming multiprocessor design (SMM) ⓘ |
| generation |
first-generation Maxwell (GM10x)
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second-generation Maxwell (GM20x) ⓘ |
| manufacturer | NVIDIA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketImpact |
improved performance per watt over Kepler-based GPUs
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popular in energy-efficient gaming PCs ⓘ widely adopted in mobile gaming laptops ⓘ |
| notableCardExample |
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
NERFINISHED
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GeForce GTX 970 NERFINISHED ⓘ GeForce GTX 980 NERFINISHED ⓘ GeForce GTX 980 Ti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
enhanced graphics performance
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improved performance per watt ⓘ improved power efficiency ⓘ |
| predecessor | Kepler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Pascal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
CUDA
NERFINISHED
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DirectX 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ DirectX 12 feature level 12_1 (for second-generation Maxwell) NERFINISHED ⓘ NVIDIA G-SYNC (via GPUs based on Maxwell) NERFINISHED ⓘ NVIDIA GPU Boost NERFINISHED ⓘ OpenGL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
GeForce GTX 750 series
NERFINISHED
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GeForce GTX 900 series NERFINISHED ⓘ NVIDIA Quadro professional GPUs (Maxwell-based models) NERFINISHED ⓘ NVIDIA Tesla compute accelerators (Maxwell-based models) NERFINISHED ⓘ some GeForce 800M series mobile GPUs ⓘ |
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Nvidia Maxwell