GeForce GTX 295 vs GeForce GTX 960
Summary
GeForce GTX 295
100%
GeForce GTX 960
233%
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 960 |
| 169 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 133% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 960
The GeForce GTX 960 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 295 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GT200B (G200-400-B3) | vs | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 470 mm² | vs | 228 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,400 million | vs | 2,940 million |
| Shaders | 240 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 576 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 28 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 295 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 448 bit x2 | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 999 MHz
1998 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 896 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 295 | | GeForce GTX 960 | |
|---|
| TDP | 289 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Jan 2009 | vs | 22 Jan 2015 |
GeForce GTX 295
32.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
92.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
224.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
1192.40 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
4440
GeForce GTX 960
10380
Points (higher is better)