GeForce RTX 5090 D vs Radeon R9 295X2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 295X2 and GeForce RTX 5090 D, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 295X2
2014
8 GB GDDR5, 500 Watt
21.63

RTX 5090 D outperforms R9 295X2 by a whopping 362% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2662
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.37no data
Power efficiency3.0612.30
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameVesuviusGB202
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date29 April 2014 (10 years ago)30 January 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores2816 ×221760
Core clock speedno data2017 MHz
Boost clock speed1018 MHz2407 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)500 Watt575 Watt
Texture fill rate179.2 ×21,637
Floating-point processing power5.733 TFLOPS ×2104.8 TFLOPS
ROPs64 ×2176
TMUs176 ×2680
Tensor Coresno data680
Ray Tracing Coresno data170

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 5.0 x16
Length307 mm304 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2 x 8-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR5GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount8 GB ×232 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit ×2512 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth640 GB/s ×21.79 TB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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-DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
Eyefinity+-
HDMI++

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
TressFX+-
UVD+-
DDMA audio+no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan+1.4
CUDA-10.1
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

R9 295X2 21.63
RTX 5090 D 99.90
+362%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R9 295X2 8654
RTX 5090 D 40054
+363%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 21.63 99.90
Recency 29 April 2014 30 January 2025
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 500 Watt 575 Watt

R9 295X2 has 15% lower power consumption.

RTX 5090 D, on the other hand, has a 361.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5090 D is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 295X2 in performance tests.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D
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