GeForce GTX 900 series

GeForce 900 series

Top: Logo of the series
Bottom: A GeForce GTX 980 Ti released in 2015, the series' highest-end non-Titan model
Release dateSeptember 18, 2014 (September 18, 2014)
CodenameGM20x
ArchitectureMaxwell
ModelsGeForce series
  • GeForce GT series
  • GeForce GTX series
Transistors2.94B (GM206)
  • 5.2B (GM204)
  • 8.0B (GM200)
Fabrication processTSMC 28 nm
Cards
Mid-range
  • GeForce GTX 950
  • GeForce GTX 960
High-end
  • GeForce GTX 970
  • GeForce GTX 980
Enthusiast
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
  • Nvidia Titan X
API support
OpenCLOpenCL 3.0
OpenGLOpenGL 4.6
VulkanVulkan 1.3
SPIR-V
History
Predecessor
SuccessorGeForce 10 series
Support status
Limited support

The GeForce 900 series is a family of graphics processing units developed by Nvidia, succeeding the GeForce 700 series and serving as the high-end introduction to the Maxwell microarchitecture, named after James Clerk Maxwell. They were produced with TSMC's 28 nm process.

With Maxwell, the successor to Kepler, Nvidia expected three major outcomes: improved graphics capabilities, simplified programming, and better energy efficiency compared to the GeForce 700 series and GeForce 600 series.

Maxwell was announced in September 2010, with the first Maxwell-based GeForce consumer-class products released in early 2014.