GeForce 9800 GX2 vs GeForce GTX 295
Summary
GeForce 9800 GX2
100%
GeForce GTX 295
171%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce 9800 GX2 |
| 92 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 295 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 71% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 295
The GeForce GTX 295 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | | GeForce GTX 295 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92 (G92-450-A2) | vs | GT200B (G200-400-B3) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 324 mm² | vs | 470 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 1,400 million |
| Shaders | 128 | vs | 240 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 10 |
| Core clock | 600 MHz | vs | 576 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 28 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | | GeForce GTX 295 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | vs | 448 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
2000 MHz effective | vs | 999 MHz
1998 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 896 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | | GeForce GTX 295 | |
|---|
| TDP | 197 watts | vs | 289 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Mar 2008 | vs | 8 Jan 2009 |
GeForce 9800 GX2
19.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX 295
32.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GX2
76.80 GT/s
GeForce GTX 295
92.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GX2
128.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 295
224.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GX2
768.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 295
1192.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GX2
2590
GeForce GTX 295
4440
Points (higher is better)