GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile vs Radeon R9 295X2

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 295X2 with GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

R9 295X2
2014
8 GB GDDR5, 500 Watt
22.31

RTX 4060 Mobile outperforms R9 295X2 by an impressive 88% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking23181
Place by popularitynot in top-10054
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.31no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameVesuviusGN21-X4
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date29 April 2014 (10 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 no data
Current price$600 (0.4x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores28163072
Boost clock speed1018 MHz2370 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)500 Watt115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate179.2181.4
Floating-point performance2x 5,733 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 295X2 and GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length307 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2 x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth640 GB/s256.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI+no data
DisplayPort support-no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D+no data
LiquidVR1no data
PowerTune-no data
TressFX1no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data
UVD+no data
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan+1.3
Mantle-no data
CUDAno data8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 295X2 22.31
RTX 4060 Mobile 42.04
+88.4%

GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile outperforms Radeon R9 295X2 by 88% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R9 295X2 21197
RTX 4060 Mobile 26454
+24.8%

GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile outperforms Radeon R9 295X2 by 25% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD55−60
−105%
113
+105%
1440p30−35
−100%
60
+100%
4K21−24
−90.5%
40
+90.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
−93.8%
126
+93.8%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−109%
70−75
+109%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
−92.9%
135
+92.9%
Battlefield 5 70−75
−92.9%
130−140
+92.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
−88.9%
85−90
+88.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
−100%
100
+100%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−97.8%
85−90
+97.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
−106%
100−110
+106%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
−95%
150−160
+95%
Hitman 3 65−70
−89.2%
123
+89.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
−90%
170−180
+90%
Metro Exodus 60−65
−95%
110−120
+95%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
−98%
95−100
+98%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
−90.7%
267
+90.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−102%
100−110
+102%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−109%
70−75
+109%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
−90%
114
+90%
Battlefield 5 70−75
−92.9%
130−140
+92.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
−88.9%
85−90
+88.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
−88.9%
85
+88.9%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−97.8%
85−90
+97.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
−106%
100−110
+106%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
−95%
150−160
+95%
Hitman 3 30−33
−96.7%
59
+96.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
−90%
170−180
+90%
Metro Exodus 60−65
−95%
110−120
+95%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
−98%
95−100
+98%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
−95.5%
215
+95.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100−105
−95%
195
+95%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−102%
100−110
+102%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−109%
70−75
+109%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50−55
−96%
98
+96%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
−88.9%
85−90
+88.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−92.5%
77
+92.5%
Far Cry 5 45−50
−97.8%
85−90
+97.8%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
−95%
150−160
+95%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
−90%
170−180
+90%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 95−100
−94.7%
185
+94.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−102%
101
+102%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−117%
65
+117%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
−98%
95−100
+98%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
−105%
80−85
+105%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
−98%
95−100
+98%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−91.7%
45−50
+91.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
−106%
72
+106%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−33
−117%
65−70
+117%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
−104%
49
+104%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−98%
99
+98%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−97.8%
85−90
+97.8%
Hitman 3 27−30
−104%
55−60
+104%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−107%
90−95
+107%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−95%
75−80
+95%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
−95.4%
127
+95.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−90%
76
+90%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
−110%
44
+110%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−106%
70−75
+106%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
−105%
40−45
+105%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−100%
35−40
+100%
Hitman 3 18−20
−88.9%
30−35
+88.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−100%
50−55
+100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
−91.4%
67
+91.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−104%
55
+104%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−107%
27−30
+107%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−92.9%
27−30
+92.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−92.9%
27−30
+92.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−90%
19
+90%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−108%
24−27
+108%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
−96.7%
55−60
+96.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−100%
50−55
+100%
Metro Exodus 21−24
−114%
45−50
+114%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
−108%
25
+108%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−111%
35−40
+111%

This is how R9 295X2 and RTX 4060 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4060 Mobile is 105% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4060 Mobile is 100% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4060 Mobile is 90% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 22.31 42.04
Recency 29 April 2014 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 500 Watt 115 Watt

The GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 295X2 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 295X2 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon R9 295X2
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