CMP 170HX vs GeForce GTX 295

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	819	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.13	no data
Power efficiency	0.78	no data
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	GT200B	GA100
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	8 January 2009 (17 years ago)	1 September 2021 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$500	$4,299

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	4480
CUDA cores per GPU	240	no data
Core clock speed	576 MHz	1140 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1410 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	289 Watt	250 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	46.08 ×2	394.8
Floating-point processing power	0.5962 TFLOPS ×2	12.63 TFLOPS
ROPs	28 ×2	128
TMUs	80 ×2	280
Tensor Cores	no data	280
L1 Cache	no data	13.1 MB
L2 Cache	224 KB	8 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 x4
Length	267 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
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	HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount	1792 MB ×2	16 GB
Standard memory config per GPU	896 MB	no data
Memory bus width	896 Bit ×2	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	999 MHz	1458 MHz
Memory bandwidth	223.8 GB/s ×2	1,493 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	No outputs
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)	N/A
Shader Model	4.0	N/A
OpenGL	2.1	N/A
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	8.0
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 January 2009	1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1792 MB	16 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	289 Watt	250 Watt