GeForce GTX 295 vs GeForce GTX 570

GeForce GTX 295
Memory: 896Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Jan 2009
GeForce GTX 295
GeForce GTX 570
Memory: 1280Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 7 Dec 2010
GeForce GTX 570

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 295
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 570
    131%

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 570

70 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 31% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 570

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 570

The GeForce GTX 570 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 295GeForce GTX 570
GPU NameGT200B (G200-400-B3)vsGF110 (GF110-275-A1)
Fab Process55 nmvs40 nm
Die Size470 mm²vs520 mm²
Transistors1,400 millionvs3,000 million
Shaders240vs480
Compute Units10vs15
Core clock576 MHzvs732 MHz
ROPs28vs40
TMUs80vs60

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 295GeForce GTX 570
Memory TypeGDDR3vsGDDR5
Bus Width448 bit x2vs320 bit
Memory Speed999 MHz
1998 MHz effective
vs950 MHz
3800 MHz effective
Memory Size896 Mbvs1280 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 295GeForce GTX 570
TDP289 wattsvs219 watts
Release Date8 Jan 2009vs7 Dec 2010

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 295
    32.20 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 570
    22.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 295
    92.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 570
    43.90 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 295
    224.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 570
    152.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 295
    1192.40 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 570
    1405.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 295
    4440
  • GeForce GTX 570
    5860

Points (higher is better)