GeForce GTX 295 Single PCB vs RTX 3070

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	62	not rated
Place by popularity	34	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	45.11	no data
Power efficiency	18.65	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2025)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	GA104	GT200B
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 September 2020 (5 years ago)	16 June 2009 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	5888	240 ×2
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	576 MHz
Boost clock speed	1725 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	17,400 million	1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	289 Watt
Texture fill rate	317.4	46.08 ×2
Floating-point processing power	20.31 TFLOPS	0.5962 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	96	28 ×2
TMUs	184	80 ×2
Tensor Cores	184	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	46	no data
L1 Cache	5.8 MB	no data
L2 Cache	4 MB	224 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	242 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	896 MB ×2
Memory bus width	256 Bit	448 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	112.9 GB/s ×2
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.5	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2	N/A
CUDA	8.5	1.3
DLSS	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 September 2020	16 June 2009
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	896 MB
Chip lithography	8 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	289 Watt