GeForce GTX 295 vs Radeon R9 M385

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 295 and Radeon R9 M385, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 295 stacks up against Radeon R9 M385, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R9 M385 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M385 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R9 M385 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 295 Radeon R9 M385
Power consumption (TDP) 289 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 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 295 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M385 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 295 has 1788 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M385.
  • GeForce GTX 295 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M385 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 295 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 M385 - with GCN.
  • GeForce GTX 295 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M385 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M385 is 501 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 295.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 10−12
ultra / 1080p 2−3 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 14−16 24−27
medium / 1080p 5−6 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M385 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 133% more, than GeForce GTX 295.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 295 Radeon R9 M385
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN
Code name GT200B Strato
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 8 January 2009 16 June 2015
Pipelines 240 896
Core clock speed 1242 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 92.2 billion/sec 56.00
Floating-point performance 2x 596.2 gflops 1,792 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 896 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 999 MHz 1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 223.8 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 4.0 6.3
OpenGL 2.1 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 480
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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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