# Curie (microarchitecture)

Curie is the codename for a GPU microarchitecture developed by Nvidia, and released in 2004, as the successor to the Rankine 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

* DirectX 9.0c (9_3)
* OpenGL 2.1
* Shader Model 3.0
* Nvidia PureVideo (first generation)
* Reintroduced support for Z compression
* Hardware support for MSAA anti-aliasing algorithm (up to 4x)
The lack of unified shaders makes DirectX 9.0c the last supported version of DirectX for GPUs based on this microarchitecture.

## GPU list
### GeForce 6 (6xxx) series

| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Bus interface | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Core config$^1$ | Fillrate | Fillrate | Fillrate | Fillrate | Memory | Memory | Memory | Memory |
| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Bus interface | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Core config$^1$ | 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 | TSMC 90 nm | HyperTransport | 425 | 200 400 | 2:1:2:1 | 850 | 425 | 850 | 106.25 | Up to 256 system RAM | 3.2 16.0 | DDR2 | 64 128 |
| GeForce 6150 LE + nForce 430 | June 2006 | MCP61 | 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 + nForce 430 | 20 October 2005 | MCP51 | TSMC 90 nm | HyperTransport | 475 | 100–200 (DDR) 200–533 (DDR2) | 2:1:2:1 | 950 | 475 | 950 | 118.75 | Up to 256 system RAM | 1.6–6.4 (DDR) 3.2–17.056 (DDR2) | DDR DDR2 | 64 128 |
| GeForce 6200 LE | 2005 | NV44 | TSMC 110 nm | AGP 8× PCIe ×16 | 350 | 266 | 2:1:2:1 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 87.5 | 128 256 | 4.256 | DDR | 64 |
| GeForce 6200A | 4 April 2005 | NV44A | TSMC 110 nm | 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 | TSMC 110 nm | 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 | TSMC 110 nm | 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 | NV44 | TSMC 110 nm | PCIe ×16 | 400 | 333 | 4:3:4:2 | 1600 | 800 | 1600 | 300 | 128 256 | 5.328 | DDR | 64 |
| GeForce 6600 LE | 2005 | NV43 | TSMC 110 nm | AGP 8× PCIe ×16 | 300 | 200 | 4:3:4:4 | 1200 | 1200 | 1200 | 225 | 128 256 | 6.4 | DDR | 128 |
| GeForce 6600 | 12 August 2004 | NV43 | TSMC 110 nm | AGP 8× PCIe ×16 | 300 | 275 400 | 8:3:8:4 | 2400 | 1200 | 2400 | 225 | 128 256 | 8.8 12.8 | DDR DDR2 | 128 |
| GeForce 6600 GT | 12 August 2004 (PCIe) 14 November 2004 (AGP) | NV43 | TSMC 110 nm | AGP 8× PCIe ×16 | 500 | 475 (AGP) 500 (PCIe) | 8:3:8:4 | 4000 | 2000 | 4000 | 375 | 128 256 | 15.2 (AGP) 16 (PCIe) | GDDR3 | 128 |
| GeForce 6800 LE | 22 July 2004 (AGP) 16 January 2005 (PCIe) | NV40 (AGP) NV41, NV42 (PCIe) | IBM 130 nm | AGP 8× PCIe ×16 | 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 | NV40 (AGP) NV41, NV42 (PCIe) | IBM 130 nm | AGP 8× PCIe ×16 | 300 (64 Bit) 325 | 266 (64 Bit) 350 500 (GDDR3) | 8:4:8:8 | 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) | NV40 (AGP) NV41, NV42 (PCIe) | IBM 130 nm | AGP 8× PCIe ×16 | 325 | 350 | 12:5:12:12 | 3900 | 3900 | 3900 | 406.25 | 128 256 | 22.4 | DDR | 256 |
| GeForce 6800 GTO | 14 April 2004 | NV45 | IBM 130 nm | PCIe ×16 | | 450 | 12:5:12:12 | 4200 | 4200 | 4200 | 437.5 | 256 | 28.8 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| 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 | 12:5:12:12 | 5100 | 5100 | 5100 | 531.25 | 128 256 | 32 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| GeForce 6800 GT | 4 May 2004 (AGP) 28 June 2004 (PCIe) | NV40 (AGP) NV45 (PCIe) | IBM 130 nm | AGP 8× PCIe ×16 | 350 | 500 | 16:6:16:16 | 5600 | 5600 | 5600 | 525 | 128 256 | 32 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| GeForce 6800 Ultra | 4 May 2004 (AGP) 28 June 2004 (PCIe) 14 March 2005 (512 MB) | NV40 (AGP) NV45 (PCIe) | IBM 130 nm | AGP 8× PCIe ×16 | 400 | 525 (512 MB) 550 (256 MB) | 16:6:16:16 | 6400 | 6400 | 6400 | 600 | 256 512 | 33.6 (512 MB) 35.2 (256 MB) | GDDR3 | 256 |
| GeForce 6800 Ultra Extreme Edition | 4 May 2004 | NV40 | IBM 130 nm | AGP 8× | 450 | 600 | 16:6:16:16 | 7200 | 7200 | 7200 | 675 | 256 | 35.2 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Bus interface | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Core config$^1$ | Fillrate | Fillrate | Fillrate | Fillrate | Memory | Memory | Memory | Memory |
| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Bus interface | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Core config$^1$ | MOperations/s | MPixels/s | MTexels/s | MVertices/s | Size (MB) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Bus width (bit) |

#### Features

| Model | Features | Features | Features | Features |
| Model | 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 config$^1$ | Fillrate | Fillrate | Fillrate | Fillrate | Memory | Memory | Memory | Memory |
| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Bus interface | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Core config$^1$ | 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 | July 2007 | MCP67QV | 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 7050 + nForce 610i/630i | July 2007 | MCP73 | TSMC 90 nm | HyperTransport/FSB | 500 | 333 | 2:1:2:2 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 125 | Up to 256 system RAM | 5.336 | DDR2 | 64 |
| GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i | July 2007 | MCP76 | TSMC 90 nm | FSB | 600 | 400 | 2:1:2:2 | 1200 | 1200 | 1200 | 150 | Up to 256 system RAM | 6.4 | DDR2 | 64 |
| GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i | July 2007 | MCP76 | TSMC 90 nm | FSB | 630 | 400 | 2:1:2:2 | 1260 | 1260 | 1260 | 157.5 | Up to 256 system RAM | 6.4 | DDR2 | 64 |
| 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 | PCIe ×16 | 450 | 400 | 2:2:4:2 | 1800 | 900 | 1800 | 337.5 | 128 256 | 3.2 6.4 | DDR2 | 32 64 |
| GeForce 7300 SE | 22 March 2006 | G72 | TSMC 90 nm | PCIe ×16 | 350 | 333 | 4:3:4:2 | 1800 | 900 | 1800 | 337.5 | 128 | 2.656 5.328 | DDR2 | 32 64 |
| GeForce 7300 LE | 22 March 2006 | G72 | TSMC 90 nm | PCIe ×16 | 350 | 333 | 4:3:4:2 | 1800 | 900 | 1800 | 337.5 | 128 | 2.656 5.328 | DDR2 | 32 64 |
| GeForce 7300 GS | 18 January 2006 | G72 | TSMC 90 nm | PCIe ×16 | 550 | 400 | 4:3:4:2 | 2200 | 1100 | 2200 | 412.5 | 128 256 | 6.4 | DDR2 | 64 |
| GeForce 7300 GT | 15 May 2006 | G73 | TSMC 90 nm | AGP 8× PCIe ×16 | 350 | 325 (DDR2) 700 (GDDR3) | 8:5:8:4 | 2800 | 1400 | 2800 | 437.5 | 128 256 | 10.4 22.4 | DDR2 GDDR3 | 128 |
| GeForce 7500 LE | 2006 | G72 | TSMC 90 nm | 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 | TSMC 90 nm | 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) | G73 | TSMC 90 nm | AGP 8× PCIe ×16 | 560 | 400 (DDR2) 700 (GDDR3) | 12:5:12:8 | 6720 | 4480 | 6720 | 700 | 256 | 12.8 22.4 | DDR2 GDDR3 | 128 |
| GeForce 7600 GT 80 nm | 8 January 2007 | G73-B1 | TSMC 80 nm | AGP 8× PCIe ×16 | 560 | 400 (DDR2) 700 (GDDR3) | 12:5:12:8 | 6720 | 4480 | 6720 | 700 | 256 | 12.8 22.4 | DDR2 GDDR3 | 128 |
| GeForce 7650 GS | 22 March 2006 | G73 | TSMC 80 nm | PCIe ×16 | 450 | 400 | 12:5:12:8 | 5400 | 3600 | 5400 | 562.5 | 256 | 12.7 | DDR2 | 128 |
| GeForce 7800 GS | 2 February 2006 | G70 | TSMC 110 nm | AGP 8× | 375 | 600 | 16:8:16:8 | 6000 | 3000 | 6000 | 750 | 256 | 38.4 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| GeForce 7800 GT | 11 August 2005 | G70 | TSMC 110 nm | PCIe ×16 | 400 | 500 | 20:7:20:16 | 8000 | 6400 | 8000 | 700 | 256 | 32 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| GeForce 7800 GTX | 22 June 2005 (256 MB) 14 November 2005 (512 MB) | G70 | TSMC 110 nm | PCIe ×16 | 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) | GDDR3 | 256 |
| 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 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| GeForce 7900 GT | 9 March 2006 | G71 | TSMC 90 nm | PCIe ×16 | 450 | 660 | 24:8:24:16 | 10800 | 7200 | 10800 | 900 | 256 | 42.24 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| GeForce 7900 GTO | 1 October 2006 | G71 | TSMC 90 nm | PCIe ×16 | 650 | 660 | 24:8:24:16 | 15600 | 10400 | 15600 | 1300 | 512 | 42.24 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| GeForce 7900 GTX | 9 March 2006 | G71 | TSMC 90 nm | PCIe ×16 | 650 | 800 | 24:8:24:16 | 15600 | 10400 | 15600 | 1300 | 512 | 51.2 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| GeForce 7900 GX2 | 9 March 2006 | 2× G71 | TSMC 90 nm | PCIe ×16 | 500 | 600 | 2× 24:8:24:16 | 24000 | 16000 | 24000 | 2000 | 2× 512 | 2x 38.4 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| GeForce 7950 GT | 6 September 2006 (PCIe) 2 April 2007 (AGP) | G71 | TSMC 90 nm | AGP 8× PCIe ×16 | 550 | 700 | 24:8:24:16 | 13200 | 8800 | 13200 | 1100 | 512 | 44.8 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| GeForce 7950 GX2 | 5 June 2006 | 2× G71 | TSMC 90 nm | PCIe ×16 | 500 | 600 | 2× 24:8:24:16 | 24000 | 16000 | 24000 | 2000 | 2× 512 | 2x 38.4 | GDDR3 | 256 |
| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Bus interface | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Core config$^1$ | Fillrate | Fillrate | Fillrate | Fillrate | Memory | Memory | Memory | Memory |
| Model | Launch | Code name | Fab (nm) | Bus interface | Core clock (MHz) | Memory clock (MHz) | Core config$^1$ | MOperations/s | MPixels/s | MTexels/s | MVertices/s | Size (MB) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Bus width (bit) |

#### Features

| Model | Features | Features | Features | Features | Features |
| Model | 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 |