GeForce GTX 295 Single PCB vs RTX 4080
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 3 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 28.92 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 19.41 | no data |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | AD103 | GT200B |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) | 16 June 2009 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,199 | $499 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 cores | 9728 | 240 |
| Core clock speed | 2205 MHz | 576 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2505 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 45,900 million | 1,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 320 Watt | 289 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 761.5 | 46.08 |
| Floating-point processing power | 48.74 TFLOPS | 0.5962 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 112 | 28 |
| TMUs | 304 | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | 304 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 76 | no 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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 310 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 3-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
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 type | GDDR6X | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 896 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 448 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz | 1008 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 716.8 GB/s | 112.9 GB/s |
| 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 Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 2x DVI |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 September 2022 | 16 June 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 896 MB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 320 Watt | 289 Watt |
RTX 4080 has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1728.6% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.
GTX 295 Single PCB, on the other hand, has 10.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4080 and GeForce GTX 295 Single PCB. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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