ATI Radeon HD 4100 vs GeForce GTX 295

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking753not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.14no data
Power efficiency0.76no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)RV6xx (2008−2010)
GPU code nameGT200Bno data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date8 January 2009 (15 years ago)1 November 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$500 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores48040
CUDA cores per GPU240no data
Core clock speed576 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)289 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate46.08no data
Floating-point processing power0.5962 TFLOPSno data
ROPs28no data
TMUs80no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount1792 MB512 MB
Standard memory config per GPU896 MBno data
Memory bus width896 Bitno data
Memory clock speed999 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth223.8 GB/sno data
Memory interface width per GPU448 Bitno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIHDMIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)128bitno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10.1
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2009 1 November 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB 512 MB

GTX 295 has a 250% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI HD 4100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 295 and Radeon HD 4100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 295 is a desktop card while Radeon HD 4100 is a notebook one.


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