A40 PCIe vs GeForce GTX 295

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	818	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.12	no data
Power efficiency	0.76	no data
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	GT200B	GA102
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	8 January 2009 (16 years ago)	5 October 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$500	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	480 ×2	10752
CUDA cores per GPU	240	no data
Core clock speed	576 MHz	1305 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1755 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	289 Watt	300 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	46.08 ×2	589.7
Floating-point processing power	0.5962 TFLOPS ×2	37.74 TFLOPS
ROPs	28 ×2	112
TMUs	80 ×2	336
Tensor Cores	no data	336
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	84
L1 Cache	no data	10.5 MB
L2 Cache	224 KB	6 MB

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	8-pin EPS
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1792 MB ×2	48 GB
Standard memory config per GPU	896 MB	no data
Memory bus width	896 Bit ×2	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	999 MHz	1812 MHz
Memory bandwidth	223.8 GB/s ×2	695.8 GB/s
Memory interface width per GPU	448 Bit	no data
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	Two Dual Link DVIHDMI	3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)

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API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.5
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 January 2009	5 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount	1792 MB	48 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	289 Watt	300 Watt

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