Radeon Vega 7 vs GeForce GTX 295

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 295 with Radeon Vega 7, including specs and performance data.

GTX 295
2009
1792 MB GDDR3, 289 Watt
3.13

Vega 7 outperforms GTX 295 by a whopping 139% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking754532
Place by popularitynot in top-10018
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.14no data
Power efficiency0.7411.38
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGT200BCezanne
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date8 January 2009 (15 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 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 cores480448
CUDA cores per GPU240no data
Core clock speed576 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1900 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)289 Watt45 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate46.0853.20
Floating-point processing power0.5962 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs288
TMUs8028

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 x16IGP
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1792 MBSystem Shared
Standard memory config per GPU896 MBno data
Memory bus width896 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed999 MHzSystem Shared
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 outputs
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 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD9−10
−144%
22
+144%
1440p12−14
−167%
32
+167%
4K6−7
−167%
16
+167%

Cost per frame, $

1080p55.56no data
1440p41.67no data
4K83.33no data

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.13 7.47
Recency 8 January 2009 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 55 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 289 Watt 45 Watt

Vega 7 has a 138.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 685.7% more advanced lithography process, and 542.2% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 295 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 295 is a desktop card while Radeon Vega 7 is a notebook one.


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