GeForce GTX 295 and GeForce GTX 280 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 295 vs GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 295
1242
GeForce GTX 280
1338
GeForce GTX 295
GeForce GTX 280
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
GT200B
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2009
June 2008
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
6-pin & 8-pin
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
576 MHz
602 MHz
CUDA cores
480
240
CUDA cores per GPU
240
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Floating-point performance
2x 596.2 gflops
622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
240
Power consumption (TDP)
289 Watt
236 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
92.2 billion/sec
48.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1792 MB
1 GB
Memory bus width
896 Bit
512 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
1107 MHz
Memory bandwidth
223.8 GB/s
141.7 GB/s
Standard memory config per GPU
896 MB
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVIHDMI
HDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
S/PDIF
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
128bit
-