GeForce GTX 295 vs GeForce GTX 480
Summary
GeForce GTX 295
100%
GeForce GTX 480
128%
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 480 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 28% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 480
The GeForce GTX 480 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 295 | | GeForce GTX 480 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GT200B (G200-400-B3) | vs | GF100 (GF100-375-A3) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 470 mm² | vs | 529 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,400 million | vs | 3,100 million |
| Shaders | 240 | vs | 480 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 15 |
| Core clock | 576 MHz | vs | 701 MHz |
| ROPs | 28 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 60 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 295 | | GeForce GTX 480 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 448 bit x2 | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 999 MHz
1998 MHz effective | vs | 924 MHz
3696 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 896 Mb | vs | 1536 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 295 | | GeForce GTX 480 | |
|---|
| TDP | 289 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Jan 2009 | vs | 26 Mar 2010 |
GeForce GTX 295
32.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX 480
21.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
92.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 480
42.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
224.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 480
177.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
1192.40 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 480
1345.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 295
4440
GeForce GTX 480
5700
Points (higher is better)