GeForce GTX 295 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 295 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire. 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 7970M Crossfire. 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.

Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire 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 HD 7970M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 295 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 289 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI
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  • GeForce GTX 295 has 44% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 295 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 295 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 295 is 392 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • GeForce GTX 295 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 3801 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 295.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 35−40
ultra / 1080p 2−3 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 14−16 60−65
medium / 1080p 5−6 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than GeForce GTX 295.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 295 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN
Code name GT200B Wimbledon XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 8 January 2009 1 May 2012
Pipelines 240 2560
Core clock speed 1242 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 92.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 2x 596.2 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 896 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 999 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 223.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 4.0
OpenGL 2.1
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan 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
Laptop size large
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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