GeForce GTX 295 and Radeon HD 7870 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 295 vs Radeon HD 7870
GeForce GTX 295
1242
Radeon HD 7870
4779
GeForce GTX 295
Radeon HD 7870
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name
GT200B
Pitcairn XT
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2009
March 2012
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
1000 MHz
CUDA cores
480
-
CUDA cores per GPU
240
-
Floating-point performance
2x 596.2 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
2800 Million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
289 Watt
175 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
92.2 billion/sec
80.00
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1792 MB
2 GB
Memory bus width
896 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
223.8 GB/s
153.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory config per GPU
896 MB
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVIHDMI
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
+
-
Eyefinity
-
+
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_1)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
128bit
-