Radeon R7 435 OEM 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 ranking751not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.12no data
Power efficiency0.75no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGT200BOland
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 January 2009 (15 years ago)30 June 2016 (8 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 cores480320
CUDA cores per GPU240no data
Core clock speed576 MHz920 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)289 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate46.0818.40
Floating-point processing power0.5962 TFLOPS0.5888 TFLOPS
ROPs288
TMUs8020

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone
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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1792 MB2 GB
Standard memory config per GPU896 MBno data
Memory bus width896 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth223.8 GB/s16 GB/s
Memory interface width per GPU448 Bitno data

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 DVIHDMI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2009 30 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 289 Watt 50 Watt

R7 435 OEM has an age advantage of 7 years, a 14.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 478% lower power consumption.

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