GeForce GTX 295 vs GeForce GTX 670

GeForce GTX 295
Memory: 896Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Jan 2009
GeForce GTX 295
GeForce GTX 670
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 10 May 2012
GeForce GTX 670

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 295
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 670
    210%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 295

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 670

119 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 295 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 110% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 670

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 670

The GeForce GTX 670 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 295GeForce GTX 670
GPU NameGT200B (G200-400-B3)vsGK104 (GK104-325-A2)
Fab Process55 nmvs28 nm
Die Size470 mm²vs294 mm²
Transistors1,400 millionvs3,540 million
Shaders240vs1344
Compute Units10vs7
Core clock576 MHzvs915 MHz
ROPs28vs32
TMUs80vs112

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 295GeForce GTX 670
Memory TypeGDDR3vsGDDR5
Bus Width448 bit x2vs256 bit
Memory Speed999 MHz
1998 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size896 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 295GeForce GTX 670
TDP289 wattsvs170 watts
Release Date8 Jan 2009vs10 May 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 295
    32.20 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 670
    25.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 295
    92.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 670
    102.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 295
    224.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 670
    192.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 295
    1192.40 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 670
    2460.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 295
    4440
  • GeForce GTX 670
    9330

Points (higher is better)