25 Years Later: A Brief Analysis of GPU Processing Efficiency

ZMsiXone · Apr 19, 2020

https://www.techspot.com/article/2008-gpu-efficiency-historical-analysis/

Transistor Count, Die Size and Power Consumption
By Nick Evanson on April 14, 2020

The first 3D graphics cards appeared 25 years ago and since then their power and complexity have grown at a scale greater than any other microchip found in a PC. Back then, these processors packed around 1 million transistors, were smaller than 100 mm2 in size, and consumed just a handful of watts of electrical power.

Fast forward today, and a typical graphics card might have 14 billion transistors, in a die 500 mm2 in size, and consume over 200 W of power. The capabilities of these behemoths will be immeasurably greater than their ancient predecessors, but have they got any better at being efficient with all this tiny switches and energy?
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