GeForce GTX 295 vs Radeon E8860

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 295 and Radeon E8860. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 295 and Radeon E8860. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
GeForce GTX 295
Radeon E8860

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 295 Radeon E8860
Power consumption (TDP) 289 Watt 37 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI 4x mini-DisplayPort
 
  • GeForce GTX 295 has 681% more power consumption, than Radeon E8860.
  • GeForce GTX 295 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon E8860 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 295 has 1790 GB more memory, than Radeon E8860.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 295 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon E8860 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 295 is 667 MHz higher, than Radeon E8860.
  • GeForce GTX 295 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon E8860 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon E8860 is 3501 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 295.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 7−8
ultra / 1080p 2−3 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 18−20
medium / 1080p 5−6 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon E8860 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than GeForce GTX 295.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 295 Radeon E8860
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GT200B Venus
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 8 January 2009 25 January 2014
Pipelines 240 640
Core clock speed 1242 MHz 575 MHz
Boost Clock 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 92.2 billion/sec 25.00
Floating-point performance 2x 596.2 gflops 800.0 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 896 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 999 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 223.8 GB/s 72 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 4.0 5.1
OpenGL 2.1 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 480
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 48 Mh/s
CUDA cores per GPU 240
Standard memory config per GPU 896 MB
Memory interface width per GPU 448 Bit
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit