Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce GTX 295 Single PCB

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated198
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data55.85
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGT200BAD107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date16 June 2009 (15 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

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 cores2402048
Core clock speed576 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2025 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)289 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate46.08129.6
Floating-point processing power0.5962 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs2832
TMUs8064
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount896 MB4 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1008 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.9 GB/s128.0 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 Connectors2x DVIPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.8
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.38.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 June 2009 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 289 Watt 35 Watt

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile has an age advantage of 14 years, a 357.1% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1000% more advanced lithography process, and 725.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 295 Single PCB and RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 295 Single PCB is a desktop card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 Single PCB
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