GeForce GTX 295 vs Radeon HD 6990

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 295 and Radeon HD 6990. 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 HD 6990. 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.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 295 Radeon HD 6990
Power consumption (TDP) 289 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6990 has 29% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 295.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 295 has 1790 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 295 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6990 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 295 is 412 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990.
  • GeForce GTX 295 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6990 is 285 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 295.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 4001 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 295.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 14−16
ultra / 1080p 2−3 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 14−16 30−35
medium / 1080p 5−6 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 216% more, than GeForce GTX 295.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 295 Radeon HD 6990
Architecture Tesla 2.0 TeraScale 3
Code name GT200B Antilles
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 8 January 2009 8 March 2011
Pipelines 240 1536
Core clock speed 1242 MHz 830 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 92.2 billion/sec 79.68
Floating-point performance 2x 596.2 gflops 2x 2,549.8 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) 295 mm
Memory bus width 896 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 999 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 223.8 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.0
OpenGL 2.1 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
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) 265 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 24 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
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