GeForce GTX 295 vs Radeon HD 6870
Summary
GeForce GTX 295
100%
Radeon HD 6870
102%
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon HD 6870 |
138 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. |
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 295 | | Radeon HD 6870 | |
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GPU Name | GT200B (G200-400-B3) | vs | Barts (Barts XT) |
Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
Die Size | 470 mm² | vs | 255 mm² |
Transistors | 1,400 million | vs | 1,700 million |
Shaders | 240 | vs | 1120 |
Compute Units | 10 | vs | 14 |
Core clock | 576 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
ROPs | 28 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 80 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 295 | | Radeon HD 6870 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 448 bit x2 | vs | 256 bit |
Memory Speed | 999 MHz
1998 MHz effective | vs | 1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 896 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 295 | | Radeon HD 6870 | |
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TDP | 289 watts | vs | 151 watts |
Release Date | 8 Jan 2009 | vs | 21 Oct 2010 |
GeForce GTX 295
32.20 GP/s
Radeon HD 6870
28.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
92.20 GT/s
Radeon HD 6870
50.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
224.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 6870
134.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
1192.40 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 6870
2016.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
4440
Radeon HD 6870
4540
Points (higher is better)