GeForce GTX 295 Single PCB vs Radeon HD 7970

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking428not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.04no data
Power efficiency3.83no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameTahitiGT200B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date9 January 2012 (13 years ago)16 June 2009 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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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 cores2048240 ×2
Core clock speedno data576 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,313 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt289 Watt
Texture fill rate118.446.08 ×2
Floating-point processing power3.789 TFLOPS0.5962 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs3228 ×2
TMUs12880 ×2
L1 Cache512 KBno data
L2 Cache768 KB224 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).

Bus supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length275 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount6 GB896 MB ×2
Memory bus width384 Bit448 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1008 MHz
Memory bandwidth264 GB/s112.9 GB/s ×2
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.22x DVI
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1111.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.5 (5.1)4.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL2.1 (1.2)1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 January 2012 16 June 2009
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 896 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 289 Watt

HD 7970 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 585.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 295 Single PCB, on the other hand, has 3.8% lower power consumption.

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