GeForce GTX 295 Single PCB vs Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameno dataGT200B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 January 2023 (1 year ago)16 June 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores19240
Core clock speed444 MHz576 MHz
Boost clock speed1398 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt289 Watt
Texture fill rateno data46.08
Floating-point processing powerno data0.5962 TFLOPS
ROPsno data28
TMUsno data80

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeLPDDR5-6400GDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data896 MB
Memory bus widthno data448 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1008 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data112.9 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data2x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data11.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 January 2023 16 June 2009
Chip lithography 5 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 289 Watt

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1000% more advanced lithography process, and 1345% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU and GeForce GTX 295 Single PCB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 295 Single PCB is a desktop one.


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Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
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