GeForce GTX 275 vs Radeon R6 Kaveri

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 275 and Radeon R6 Kaveri, 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 275 stacks up against Radeon R6 Kaveri, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R6 Kaveri is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R6 Kaveri 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 R6 Kaveri here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 275 Radeon R6 Kaveri
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB
Display Connectors 2x DVI
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  • GeForce GTX 275 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 275 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - with GCN 1.1.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 275 is 871 MHz higher, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
  • GeForce GTX 275 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 0−1
ultra / 1080p 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 1−2
medium / 1080p 8−9 0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 275 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1600% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 275 Radeon R6 Kaveri
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 1.1
Code name GT200B Kaveri
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 15 January 2009 4 June 2014
Pipelines 240 384
Core clock speed 1404 MHz 533 MHz
Boost Clock 654 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 50.6 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 673.9 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 448 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1134 MHz
Memory bandwidth 127.0 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 4.0
OpenGL 3.0
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 240
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
Laptop size medium sized
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